Masters of the Bench

Lord Hodge is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.  A Senator of the College of Justice since 2005, Lord Hodge studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh.  He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1983, and took Silk in 1996.  His practice was mainly in commercial law, judicial review and property law.  He served as a part-time Commissioner on the Scottish Law Commission from 1997–2003, and from 2000 to 2005 was a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, and Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.  He sits in the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary, but has with particular responsibility as the senior commercial judge in the Court of Session.