Supplementary Panel
Section 39 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 provides for the appointment of a Supplementary Panel, upon which the Court can call when additional judges are needed to form a panel of the requisite number.
Those appointed to the Supplementary Panel have to be appointed while still in office or within two years of ceasing to hold office.
A Supplementary Panel member ceases to be on the panel after five years of ceasing to hold a qualifying office or (if earlier) when 75.
The Supreme Court's Supplementary Panel is currently:
- Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
- Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd
- Lord Hughes of Ombersley
- Lord Sumption