Judiciary of the United Kingdom

The Judiciary of the United Kingdom is not a single body. Each of the separate legal systems in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland have their own judiciary.

The judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, Employment Tribunals, Employment Appeal Tribunal and the UK tribunals system do have a United Kingdom wide jurisdiction.

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Justices of the Supreme Court

The judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom are known as Justices of the Supreme Court, and they are also Privy Counsellors. Justices of the Supreme Court are granted the courtesy title Lord or Lady for life.[1]

The Supreme Court is headed by the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court and is composed of a further ten Justices of the Supreme Court.

The Justices do not wear any gowns or wigs in court, but on ceremonial occasions they wear black damask gowns with gold lace without a wig.

Tribunal Judiciary

The UK tribunal system is headed by the Senior President of Tribunals[2].

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References

  1. ^ "Press release: Courtesy titles for Justices of the Supreme Court". Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. 13 December 2010. http://www.supremecourt.gov.uk/docs/pr_1013.pdf. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 
  2. ^ "Part 1, Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007". Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 2007 c.15. 2007-07-19. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/15/part/1. Retrieved 2011-02-14. 
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