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If the judges have tenure for life (per the infobox), why is there a "mandatory retirement date" in the Current Judges section? Per American usage of those expressions at least, that's a contradiction that I don't follow.

Dave (talk) 05:28, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dave: You are right - it is not tenure for life. Retirement is mandatory at age 70 or 75, depending on when the Justice was appointed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.144.140.68 (talk) 14:03, 11 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

With the retirement of Lord Kerr, Lady Arden is now the only Supreme Court Justice who can carry on until 75.Ntmr (talk) 20:27, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Judges or Justices??? Is Article Wrongly Named?[edit]

Are they not officially "justices" instead of "judges," as in USA? Does the article have the wrong name? (PeacePeace (talk) 01:19, 18 September 2019 (UTC))[reply]

How does the number 11 come up?[edit]

Article indicates there are 12 justices. But isn't the rule that only 11 or some odd number can hear a case so that there is never a tie vote? So does 1 have to stand down? How is the odd man out determined? I think there should be a paragraph on that. (PeacePeace (talk) 01:21, 18 September 2019 (UTC))[reply]

It should be borne in mind that it is highly exceptional for as many as 11 judges to sit. Unlike the US Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of the UK generally sits in panels. The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Wikipedia webpage notes the two recent high-profile examples. I have added a note to that webpage to the effect that the President is responsible for determining the composition of panels:https://www.supremecourt.uk/docs/information_pack_president.pdf. It seems more appropriate that that point should be made on that site rather than on this one. Presumably therefore the President decided which judge should not sit in each of the two 11-judge "Miller" appeals.Ntmr (talk) 20:43, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Supplementary Panel[edit]

The article states that Lord Sumption is on the supplementary panel of Justices, but neither he nor Lady Black is listed on the Supreme Court website: https://www.supremecourt.uk/about/supplementary-panel.html. Former justices have to be appointed to the panel: it is not automatic. What is the basis for saying that Lord Sumption is a member of the supplementary panel? It is possible that the Supreme Court website has simply not been updated on this. But unless some reference can be given, then his name should be deleted.Ntmr (talk) 20:27, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]