Ingrid Ann Simler, Lady Simler, DBE, PC (born 17 September 1963) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. She was previously a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.[1]
Lady Simler | |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | |
| Assumed office 14 November 2023 | |
| Nominated by | Alex Chalk |
| Appointed by | Charles III |
| Preceded by | Lord Kitchin |
| Lady Justice of Appeal | |
| In office 2019–2023 | |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| In office 2013–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 September 1963 |
| Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University of Amsterdam |
Career
editBorn to a Jewish family, she was educated at Henrietta Barnett School, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and the University of Amsterdam.[2]
She was called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1987 and became a QC in 2006. Simler was appointed a Recorder in 2002 and was a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) from 2013. She was President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal for a term of three years from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018.[3]
On 27 June 2018, it was announced that Simler was to be appointed to the Court of Appeal, an appointment she took up on 2 July 2019.[4]
Simler was chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee of the Bar Council,[5] and at the date of announcement of her appointment to the High Court bench in 2013 she was head of her chambers.[6] She is the chair of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion sub-committee of the Inner Temple.[7]
On 17 October 2023, the Ministry of Justice announced that Simler would become a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.[8] She was sworn in on 14 November 2023.[9]
List of decided cases
edit- Mercer v Alternative Future Group Ltd [2024] UKSC 12
- Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley [2018] ICR 768 (EAT)
References
edit- ^ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ ‘SIMLER, Ingrid Ann’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- ^ "President of the EAT & Upper Tribunal Chamber President of the Lands Chamber". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "Biographies of the 7 newly appointed Court of Appeal Judges 2018". Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "101202 Bar Council minutes". barcouncil.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Ingrid Simler QC appointed to the High Court Bench | Devereux Chambers". www.devereuxchambers.co.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "We Are Proud | Inner Temple". 3 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "New appointment to the UK Supreme Court: 17 October 2023". GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Swearing-in of Dame Ingrid Simler as a Justice of the Supreme Court". The Supreme Court. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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