Lord Stephens

Lord Stephens has served as a justice of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council since 15 November 2017 and as a justice of the Supreme Court since 1st October 2020.

He was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1977, the Bar of England and Wales in July 1978 and to the Bar of Ireland in 1996. He was appointed to the High Court in 2007 and to the Court of Appeal in 2017.

Speaking as he made his announcement, Lord Stephens said: “I have had the great honour of serving the citizens of the United Kingdom and the people of the Privy Council jurisdictions by upholding the rule of law. It has been a privilege to undertake this work, and an enormous pleasure to do this in collaboration with my colleagues on the Supreme Court, past and present. I will continue this work for the coming 11 months.”