Robert John Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir

Robert John Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir, is a Scottish judge who has been President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since January 2020. He has served as a Justice of the Supreme Court since February 2012, and was Deputy President of that Court for the 19 months immediately prior to his appointment as president. He was the principal judge in the Commercial Court in Scotland before being promoted to the Inner House of the Court of Session in 2008. He is an authority on human rights law in Scotland and elsewhere; he served as one of the UK's ad hoc judges at the European Court of Human Rights. He was also, until 2022, a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong. In January 2026, Reed announced that he would retire from the Supreme Court on 10 January 2027.

Country

United Kingdom

Category

Writers

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Writer / Author

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living

Dates

Born 1956 · age 70

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6 languages