David Richards, Lord Richards of Camberwell

British judge (born 1951)

The Right Honourable Lord Richards of Camberwell


Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 October 2022
Nominated by	Dominic Raab
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Lady Arden of Heswall
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office 2015–2021
Monarch	Elizabeth II

Personal details
Born	(1951-06-10) 10 June 1951 (age 72)
Education	Oundle School
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

David Anthony Stewart Richards, Lord Richards of Camberwell, PC (born 9 June 1951) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

Biography

The son of Kenneth Richards, MBE and Winifred Richards, he was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1973; MA 1980).^[1]

He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1974. He was made a QC in 1992 and judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) in 2003. He was appointed as a chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2014.

He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal on 16 November 2015. He retired on reaching the then applicable retirement age of 70 in June 2021.^[2]

On 17 August 2022, it was announced that Richards had been appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.^[3] Lord Richards was sworn in on 3 October 2022, when it was announced that he would take the judicial title Lord Richards of Camberwell.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ‘RICHARDS, Hon. Sir David (Anthony Stewart)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
^ Court of Appeal: Retirement of Lord Justice David Richards
^ "New appointments to the UK Supreme Court and JCPC". www.gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "Lord Richards Swearing in Ceremony". YouTube.
^ "Biographies of the Justices - the Supreme Court".

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Current
justices

Leadership	The Lord Reed of Allermuir (President) Lord Hodge (Deputy President)
Judges	Lord Lloyd-Jones Lord Briggs of Westbourne Lord Sales Lord Hamblen of Kersey Lord Leggatt Lord Burrows Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare Lady Rose of Colmworth Lord Richards of Camberwell Lady Simler

Chief
Executive

Jenny Rowe (2009–2015)
Mark Ormerod (2015–2020)
Vicky Fox (since 2020)

Former
justices

President	The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers (2009–2012) The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury (2012–2017) The Baroness Hale of Richmond (2017–2020)
Deputy President	The Lord Hope of Craighead (2009–2013) The Baroness Hale of Richmond (2013–2017) The Lord Mance (2017–2018) Lord Reed (2018–2020)
Judges	List of judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom