Lord Neuberger

Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury is an English judge and the current Master of the Rolls. He was a High Court Judge between 1996-2004, a Lord Justice of Appeal between 2004-2007, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary between 2007-2009 and appointed Master of the Rolls in 2009.

Lord Neuberger was called to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1974. He became a Queen's Consel in 1987 and a Recorder in 1990. In 1996 he was appointed to the Chancery Division as a High Court Judge. In 2004 he was promoted to Lord Justice of Appeal and in 2007 he was promoted again to the House of Lords. In 2009, following the induction of Lord Clarke into the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger became Master of the Rolls, head of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal and second most senior member of the judiciary.

Notably, Lord Neuberger comes from a family of very high achievers. His father was a Professor of Chemical Pathology and his three brothers are, respectively, professors of Finance, Medicine and Molecular Immunology. His uncle was a repected Rabbi and his sister-in-law is also a Rabbi and a Liberal Democrat/ Crossbench peer in the House of Lords.