Vivien Rose, Lady Rose of Colmworth

Vivien Judith Rose, Lady Rose of Colmworth, DBE, PC is a British judge currently serving as a justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

Lady Rose of Colmworth
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Assumed office
13 April 2021
Nominated byRobert Buckland
Appointed byElizabeth II
Preceded byLady Black of Derwent
Lady Justice of Appeal
In office
16 January 2019 – 13 April 2021
Nominated byDavid Gauke
MonarchElizabeth II
High Court Judge
In office
13 May 2013 – 16 January 2019
Nominated byChris Grayling
MonarchElizabeth II
Personal details
Alma materNewnham College, Cambridge
Brasenose College, Oxford

Education edit

Rose was born in London to a Jewish family. She took her first degree at Newnham College, Cambridge and a post-graduate degree at Brasenose College, Oxford.

Career edit

Rose was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1984. In 1992, she was appointed standing counsel to the Director General of Fair Trading. In 2005, she was made a Legal Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. She was approved to sit as a deputy High Court judge.[1]

On 13 May 2013, she was appointed a High Court judge,[2] assigned to the Chancery Division, and received the customary appointment as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).[3] She was President of the Tax and Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribunal. In 2019, she was appointed to the Court of Appeal,[4] receiving the customary appointment to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

On 4 March 2021, it was announced that she would replace Lady Black of Derwent as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.[5] The Queen made the appointment on the advice of the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor, following the recommendations of an independent selection commission. She assumed her new office on 19 April 2021, taking the judicial courtesy title of Lady Rose of Colmworth.

Notable decisions edit

Notable judicial decisions of Lady Rose include:

References edit

  1. ^ "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Vivien Rose" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 19 April 2013.
  2. ^ "No. 60505". The London Gazette. 15 May 2013. p. 9621.
  3. ^ Dame Vivien Rose profile; accessed 22 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Biographies of the 7 newly appointed Court of Appeal Judges 2018". www.judiciary.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. ^ UK Supreme Court (4 March 2021). "New appointment to the UK Supreme Court and JCPC". UK Supreme Court. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

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