The Supreme Court is going to have a majority-women panel for the first time
updated on 19 September 2018
Women will be in the majority on a panel of Supreme Court judges for the first time ever next month, almost a century after women were first able to access the barristers’ profession.
As Legal Cheek reports, a case set to appear before the Supreme Court on 3 October will be heard by three women – Supreme Court President Lady Hale, Lady Black and newly appointed Lady Arden – and two men, Lords Carnwath and Lloyd-Jones.
Arden is only the third woman ever to be appointed a Supreme Court judge, so her promotion from the Court of Appeal is historic on its own, alongside the fact that it allows Supreme Court judging panels to be majority women for the first time.
The Supreme Court currently has 10 judges after the recent retirements of Lord Mance and Hughes. Another retirement is due in December, when Lord Sumption is set to step down.
