At the Bar his practice included international law, EU law and public law. He was a Fellow of Downing College from 1975 to 1991. He attended Pontypridd Boys' Grammar School and Downing College, Cambridge.

Lord Lloyd-Jones Justice of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Lloyd-Jonesĭavid Lloyd Jones, The Right Hon Lord Lloyd-Jones, was born and brought up in Pontypridd, Glamorgan where his father was a schoolteacher. Lord Reed is also the High Steward of Oxford University. From 2008 to 2012 a member of the Inner House of the Court of Session, and from 1998 to 2008 a member of the Outer House of the Court of Session, where he was the Principal Commercial Judge.Īs well as sitting on the Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, he is also a member of the panel of ad hoc judges of the European Court of Human Rights. He served as a senior judge in Scotland for 13 years.

He practised at the Scottish Bar in a wide range of civil cases, and also prosecuted serious crime.

He qualified as an advocate in Scotland and as a barrister in England. He studied law at Edinburgh University and undertook doctoral research in law at the University of Oxford. Prior to his appointment as President, Lord Reed previously served as Deputy President of the Supreme Court from 7 June 2018 and was originally appointed as a Justice on 6 February 2012. Upon this appointment, Lord Reed became a life peer.

Robert John Reed, Lord Reed of Allermuir took up appointment as President of the Supreme Court on 13 January 2020, succeeding Lady Hale of Richmond. Biographies of the Justices Lord Reed President of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon The Lord Reed of Allermuir

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