Ingrid Simler

Dame Ingrid Ann Simler, DBE (born 17 September 1963), styled The Rt Hon Lady Justice Simler, is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.[1] She is to be appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom with effect from 14 November 2023.

The Right Honourable Lady Justice Simler DBE
Lady Justice of Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Justice of the High Court
In office 2013–2019
Personal details
Born	(1963-09-17) 17 September 1963
Alma mater	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University of Amsterdam

Born to a Jewish family, she was educated at Henrietta Barnett School, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and the University of Amsterdam.[2]

She was called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1987 and became a QC in 2006. Simler was appointed a Recorder in 2002 and was a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) from 2013. She was President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal for a term of three years from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018.[3]

On 27 June 2018, it was announced that Simler was to be appointed to the Court of Appeal (England and Wales), an appointment she took up on 2 July 2019.[4]

Simler was chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee of the Bar Council of England and Wales,[5] and at the date of announcement of her appointment to the High Court bench in 2013 she was head of her chambers.[6] She is the chair of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion sub-committee of the Inner Temple.[7]

On 17 October 2023, the Ministry of Justice announced that Lady Justice Simler will become a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom with effect from 14 November 2023.[8]