The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers | |||||||||
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 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 by | Jack Straw | ||||||||
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II | ||||||||
| Deputy | The Lord Hope of Craighead | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Office created | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury | ||||||||
| Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |||||||||
| In office 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2009 | |||||||||
| Deputy | The Lord Hoffmann The Lord Hope of Craighead | ||||||||
| Preceded by | The Lord Bingham of Cornhill | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Office abolished | ||||||||
| Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales | |||||||||
| In office 3 October 2005 – 30 September 2008 | |||||||||
| Nominated by | Lord Falconer | ||||||||
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II | ||||||||
| Preceded by | The Lord Woolf | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | The Lord Judge | ||||||||
| Master of the Rolls | |||||||||
| In office 6 June 2000 – 3 October 2005 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | The Lord Woolf | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | The Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony | ||||||||
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |||||||||
| In office 12 January 1999 – 6 June 2000 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | The Lord Lloyd of Berwick | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | The Lord Scott of Foscote | ||||||||
| Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong | |||||||||
| In office 1 October 2012 – 30 September 2024 | |||||||||
| Appointed by | Leung Chun-ying | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 21 January 1938[1] | ||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||
| Spouse | Christylle Marie-Thérèse Rouffiac | ||||||||
| Children | 2, including Marie | ||||||||
| Residence(s) | Hampstead, London | ||||||||
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 范理申 | ||||||||
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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.
- ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
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- ^ 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)
- ^ 23 July 2009 The Times Law 100, 2009[dead link] "No surprise, probably, that Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers takes the No 1 slot."