Britain’s most senior judge speaks to University

07 May 2014 The country's most senior judge is to deliver a lecture to students, lecturers and fellow judiciary at The University of Manchester on May 8. The Right Hon Lord David Neuberger of Abbotsbury, is President of The Supreme Court - the second judge to hold the post since it was opened in 2009. He will speak about access to justice, social mobility within the legal profession and the role of the Supreme Court. Previously holding the post of Master of the Rolls, he was called to the Bar in 1974 made a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1987 and became a Bencher for Lincoln's Inn in 1993. His first judicial appointment was as a Recorder from 1990 until 1996 when he was appointed a High Court judge in the Chancery Division and was then the Supervisory Chancery Judge for the Midland, Wales and Chester and Western Circuits 2000 - 2004. In January 2004 he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal. He also led an investigation for the Bar Council into widening access to the barrister profession.