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The Rt Hon the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers KG

Full Title: The Rt Hon the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers KG
Category: Senior Benchers
Bench Call Date: 23.7.1984
Call Date: 17.7.1962
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.