| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Honourable | ||||||||
| Lord Hodge | |||||||||
| Office: | Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Termstart: | 27 January 2020 | ||||||||
| Nominator: | Robert Buckland | ||||||||
| President: | The Lord Reed of Allermuir | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Lord Reed | ||||||||
| Office1: | Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Term Start1: | 1 October 2013 | ||||||||
| Term End1: | 26 January 2020 | ||||||||
| Nominator1: | Chris Grayling | ||||||||
| Appointer: | Elizabeth II | ||||||||
| Predecessor1: | The Lord Hope of Craighead | ||||||||
| Office2: | Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong | ||||||||
| Term Start2: | 1 January 2021 | ||||||||
| Term End2: | 30 March 2022 | ||||||||
| Appointer2: | Carrie Lam | ||||||||
| Predecessor2: | James Spigelman | ||||||||
| Office3: | Senator of the College of Justice | ||||||||
| Monarch3: | Elizabeth II | ||||||||
| Term Start3: | 2005 | ||||||||
| Term End3: | 2013 | ||||||||
| Nominator3: | Jack McConnell | ||||||||
| Office4: | Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland | ||||||||
| Termstart4: | 28 February 2022 | ||||||||
| Predecessor4: | The Earl of Strathearn | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 19 May 1953 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Scotland | ||||||||
| Birthname: | Patrick Stewart Hodge | ||||||||
| Education: | Glenalmond College | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University of Edinburgh | ||||||||
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Patrick Stewart Hodge, Lord Hodge, PC (born 19 May 1953)[1] is a British lawyer, currently serving as Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Hodge was educated at Croftinloan School, a private junior boarding school in Perthshire, and Trinity College, Glenalmond, also in Perthshire. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (BA), and the University of Edinburgh School of Law (LLB), and worked as a civil servant at the Scottish Office between 1975 and 1978,[2] before being admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1983.[3]
Hodge was appointed Standing Junior Counsel to the Department of Energy from 1989 to 1991, and to the Inland Revenue from 1991 to 1996, in which year he became Queen's Counsel. As a QC, his practice was mainly in commercial law, judicial review and property law.[2] He served as a part-time Commissioner on the Scottish Law Commission from 1997 to 2003, and from 2000 to 2005 was a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, and Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 2005, taking the judicial courtesy title Lord Hodge. Like all Scottish judges on the Supreme Court, he has sat in both the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary, but had particular responsibility as the Exchequer judge in the Court of Session. On 1 October 2013, Hodge succeeded The Lord Hope of Craighead as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.[4] On 27 January 2020, Hodge was appointed Deputy President of the Supreme Court, succeeding Lord Reed who became President.[5]
Hodge was nominated to Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal on 5 October 2020, where overseas judges are allowed to serve part-time in addition to appointments in their home jurisdictions.[6] He assumed office on 1 January 2021 to fill the vacancy left by Australian judge James Spigelman who had quit because of the concern over the controversial national security law enacted by China.[7] [8] In a joint letter, a group of 32 lawmakers from both houses of the UK parliament raised concerns about Hodge's appointment.[9]
On 30 March 2022, he tendered his resignation as a Hong Kong judge, citing concerns about the national security law.[10]
The Queen appointed Hodge to represent her as Lord High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland's 2022 General Assembly.[11] King Charles III approved his reappointment in 2023.[12]
Hodge married Penelope Jane Wigin in 1983, with whom he has two sons and a daughter. His interests include opera and skiing, and he is a member of Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society. He has been a Governor of Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, since 1998.