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Sir David Edmond Neuberger

Lord Justice Neuberger is to become the country’s youngest Law Lord at the age of 58. He replaces Lord Nicholls who retires in January.  At 61 Lady Hale was previously the youngest Law Lord.

Neuberger LJ, was called to the bar in 1974, took silk in 1987, became a High Court judge in 1996 and Court of Appeal judge in 2004. Neuberger’s rise in the judiciary is one of the quickest. Lord Hoffmann spent 2 years in the Court of Appeal and Lord Saville three years before their elevation to the Lords.