Nick Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers

The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Parliamentary portrait of The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
In office
1 October 2009 – 30 September 2012
Nominated byJack Straw
Appointed byElizabeth II
DeputyThe Lord Hope of Craighead
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byThe Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office
1 October 2008 – 30 September 2009
DeputyThe Lord Hoffmann
The Lord Hope of Craighead
Preceded byThe Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
In office
3 October 2005 – 30 September 2008
Nominated byLord Falconer
Appointed byElizabeth II
Preceded byThe Lord Woolf
Succeeded byThe Lord Judge
Master of the Rolls
In office
6 June 2000 – 3 October 2005
Preceded byThe Lord Woolf
Succeeded byThe Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office
12 January 1999 – 6 June 2000
Preceded byThe Lord Lloyd of Berwick
Succeeded byThe Lord Scott of Foscote
Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong
Assumed office
1 October 2012
Appointed byLeung Chun-ying
Personal details
Born (1938-01-21) 21 January 1938 (age 86)[1]
NationalityBritish
SpouseChristylle Marie-Thérèse Rouffiac
Children2, including Marie
Residence(s)Hampstead, London
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge
Chinese name
Chinese

Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, KG, GBS, PC[2] (born 21 January 1938) is a British former senior judge.

Phillips was the inaugural President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, holding office between October 2009 and October 2012. He was the last Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and the first Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales to be head of the English judiciary when that function was transferred from the Lord Chancellor in April 2006.[3] Before his chief justiceship, he was Master of the Rolls from 2000 to 2005. He sits as a crossbencher.

  1. ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014. Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, President of The Supreme Court, 2009–12, 76
  2. ^ Society of Editors — Press regulation: Group of six appointed, King's College (Cambridge) Law Society guest list & Remarks at 2011 Annual Meeting of The American Law Institute, p. 3 (Accessed 5 April 2018)
  3. ^ 23 July 2009 The Times Law 100, 2009 "No surprise, probably, that Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers takes the No 1 slot."

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