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The Rt Hon Lord Nicholas Phillips Of Worth Matravers KG

Nicholas Phillips

Full Title: The Rt Hon Lord Nicholas Phillips Of Worth Matravers KG

Category: Senior Benchers

Bench Call Date: 23-07-1984

Call Date: 17-07-1962

Bio:

Lord Phillips was the first President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (October 2009-October 2012).  He was Master of the Rolls from 2000-2005 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2005 until October 2008.  He is currently the first Dickson Poon Distinguished Fellow and Visiting Professor at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London.   He has been Patron of the Inn's Scholarship Fund Appeal since its foundation in 2003.