CULS Speaker event: The Rt Hon. Lady Simler

Speaker: The Rt Hon. Lady Simler, Current Justice of the Supreme Court

Dame Ingrid Ann Simler, Lady Simler, became a Justice of the Supreme Court on 14 November 2023. Lady Simler was called to the Bar by Inner Temple in 1987, having read law at Cambridge University and completed a post-graduate diploma in EU law at the Europa Institute, University of Amsterdam. She practised at the Bar at Devereux Chambers where she became Head of Chambers. She was appointed to the Attorney General’s Civil Panel A in 2001 and as Junior Counsel to the Inland Revenue (Common Law) in 2002. She took silk in 2006.

Her other appointments have included Recorder on the South East circuit, Deputy High Court Judge, Judge of the High Court King’s Bench Division, President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, High Court Liaison Judge for Diversity, Chair of the Diversity Committee of the Judges' Council, member of the Civil Executive Team, and Lady Justice of the Court of Appeal.

Questions can be directed to speakers@culs.org.uk