Lord Reed
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The Right Honourable Lord Reed |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | |
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Assumed office 6 February 2012 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry |
| Senator of the College of Justice | |
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In office 1998–2012 |
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| Nominated by |
Tony Blair As Prime Minister |
| Appointed by |
Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdom |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Robert John Reed 7 September 1956 |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Mylne |
| Education | George Watson's College |
| Alma mater |
University of Edinburgh Balliol College, Oxford |
| Profession | Advocate |
Robert John Reed, Lord Reed is a Scottish judge and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He sat as the principal judge in the Commercial Court before being promoted to the Inner House of the Court of Session in 2008. He is an authority on human rights law in Scotland, and serves as one of the UK's ad hoc judges at the European Court of Human Rights.
Reed was educated at the independent George Watson's College in Edinburgh, and studied at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh, taking a First Class Honours LL.B. and winning a Vans Dunlop Scholarship. He then took a D.Phil. at Balliol College, Oxford, writing a doctoral thesis on "Legal Control of Government Assistance to Industry", and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1983.
Reed served as Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Education Department from 1988 to 1989, and to the Scottish Office Home and Health Department from 1989 to 1995. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1995, and Advocate Depute in 1996. He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary, the country's Supreme Courts, in 1998, with the judicial title, Lord Reed. He sat initially as a Judge of the Outer House, becoming Principal Commercial Judge in 2006. He is one of the United Kingdom's ad hoc judges at the European Court of Human Rights, and sat in the Grand Chamber judgements on the appeals of the killers of James Bulger in 1999. Between 2002 and 2004, he was an expert advisor to the EU/Council of Europe Joint Initiative with Turkey. He was promoted to the Inner House (First Division) in 2008, and appointed to the Privy Council. He sat on the Bench of the UK Supreme Court during the illness of Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, along with Lord Clarke, and was correctly identified by legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg as a candidate to succeed Lord Rodger. The selection committee was established on 25 July 2011.
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