The start of the end of the House of Lords (Appellate Committee)

Wednesday 10 October 2007 at 9:11 pm | In News | Post Comment

New appointments of judges to the House of Lords will be subject to same selection procedure as other judges.

The new appointments process for Justices of the new UK Supreme Court will take immediate effect, when a vacancy Supreme Court buildingarises, on a voluntary basis. All new judges appointed to the Supreme Court after its creation will not be members of the House of Lords; they will become Justices of the Supreme Court.

Section 8 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 makes provision for a new appointments process.

A judge newly appointed to the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords will spend the majority of their career in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will be operational in October 2009.

The new arrangements aim to increase public confidence in the appointments process by creating greater transparency of appointments and improving competition for these positions.

A selection commission will be composed of the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court and members of the appointment bodies for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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