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 |
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]
Born 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]
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