Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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judicial office position in the judiciary of the United Kingdom

The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the second-highest judicial officer in the UK’s top court, assisting the President in leading the court’s work and often presiding over important cases.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom canonical	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T325551 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Context triple: [Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, deputyHeadOfCourt, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]

A. President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the most senior judge and presiding officer of the UK's highest appellate court, responsible for leading its judicial work and administration.
B. Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales, responsible for representing and overseeing the judicial system.
C. Solicitor General for England and Wales
The Solicitor General for England and Wales is a senior government law officer who assists the Attorney General in providing legal advice to the Crown and overseeing public prosecutions.
D. Lord Chancellor of England
The Lord Chancellor of England was one of the highest-ranking officials in the English government, historically serving as the monarch’s chief legal advisor, head of the judiciary, and presiding officer of the House of Lords.
E. Lord President of the Council
The Lord President of the Council is a senior UK government minister who presides over the Privy Council and often holds additional high-ranking Cabinet responsibilities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Target entity description: The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the second-highest judicial officer in the UK’s top court, assisting the President in leading the court’s work and often presiding over important cases.

A. President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the most senior judge and presiding officer of the UK's highest appellate court, responsible for leading its judicial work and administration.
B. Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales, responsible for representing and overseeing the judicial system.
C. Solicitor General for England and Wales
The Solicitor General for England and Wales is a senior government law officer who assists the Attorney General in providing legal advice to the Crown and overseeing public prosecutions.
D. Lord Chancellor of England
The Lord Chancellor of England was one of the highest-ranking officials in the English government, historically serving as the monarch’s chief legal advisor, head of the judiciary, and presiding officer of the House of Lords.
E. Lord President of the Council
The Lord President of the Council is a senior UK government minister who presides over the Privy Council and often holds additional high-ranking Cabinet responsibilities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office ⓘ position in the judiciary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
appointmentOnRecommendationOf	Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ surface form: independent selection commission
assists	President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
decisionType	collegial court decisions ⓘ
firstHolder	Lord Hope of Craighead ⓘ
firstHolderStartYear	2009 ⓘ
formationYear	2009 ⓘ
hierarchicalRank	second-highest judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
jurisdiction	final court of appeal for civil cases in the United Kingdom ⓘ final court of appeal for criminal cases in England and Wales ⓘ final court of appeal for criminal cases in Northern Ireland ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
mandatoryRetirementAge	70 for new appointments ⓘ
memberOfBody	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
officeHoldersInclude	Baroness Hale of Richmond ⓘ Lord Hodge ⓘ Lord Hope of Craighead ⓘ Lord Mance ⓘ Lord Reed ⓘ
officeHoldersMustBe	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
officeHoldersNumber	one ⓘ
officeType	senior judicial leadership role ⓘ
partOf	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOfReform	reform separating judicial functions from the House of Lords ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ surface form: Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
reportsTo	President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
responsibility	assisting in leadership of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ presiding over cases in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ supporting administration of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
roleInPanels	often presides over panels of justices in important appeals ⓘ
seat	Middlesex Guildhall ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
style	Lady ⓘ Lord ⓘ The Right Honourable ⓘ
symbol	emblem of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
termLength	until mandatory retirement age ⓘ
website	https://www.supremecourt.uk ⓘ
worksWith	Chief Executive of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → deputyHeadOfCourt → Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → precedenceOver → Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → worksWith → Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

The Supreme Court → deputyHeadOfCourtTitle → Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

UKSC → hasDeputyPresident → Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ