Deputy President, The Right Hon Lord Hodge, to retire from the UK Supreme Court and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Deputy President, Lord Hodge, to retire from UK Supreme Court and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council  

Lord Hodge, the Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court, has today (Tuesday 17th December) announced his intention to retire on 31st December 2025.   

Lord Hodge has served as a Justice of the Supreme Court and the JCPC since 1st October 2013 and was appointed as Deputy President in January 2020. Appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1996, before becoming a Supreme Court Justice Lord Hodge worked as a judge in Scotland, Jersey and Guernsey.   

Lord Hodge said:

“It is and has been a great honour to serve the United Kingdom in the Supreme Court. I will greatly miss the company of my friends and colleagues in the Court but owe it to my wife to step back at this stage of our lives.”  

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NOTES   

• It is expected that the Lord Chancellor will convene an independent selection commission under rules set by Parliament to fill the vacancy resulting from the forthcoming retirement of Lord Hodge.  

• Biography:   

Patrick Stewart Hodge, Lord Hodge, was appointed Deputy President of the Supreme Court in January 2020. He was originally appointed as a Justice on 1st October 2013.  

 Lord Hodge was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1983 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1996. From 1997 to 2003, he was a part-time Law Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission.  

 From 2000 to 2005 he was a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, and Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was a Senator of the College of Justice between 2005 and 2013. In that role he was a Commercial Judge and the Scottish Judge in Exchequer Causes. He also served as one of the Scottish Intellectual Property Judges and as a Judge in the Lands Valuation Appeal Court.  

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