Vivien Judith Rose, Lady Rose of Colmworth, (born 13 April 1960) is a senior British judge, currently sitting as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

Education

Rose was born in London in 1960. She took her first degree at

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and a post-graduate degree at Brasenose College, Oxford.

Career

Rose was

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in 1984. In 1992, she was appointed standing counsel to the Director General of Fair Trading. In 2005, she was made a Legal Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. She was approved to sit as a deputy High Court judge. On 13 May 2013, she was appointed a High Court judge, assigned to the

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, and received the customary appointment as a Dame Commander of the

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(DBE). She was President of the Tax and Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribunal. In 2019, she was appointed to the Court of Appeal, receiving the customary appointment to the

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. On 4 March 2021, it was announced that she would replace Lady Black of Derwent as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The Queen made the appointment on the advice of the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor, following the recommendations of an independent selection commission. She assumed her new office on 13 April 2021.

Notable decisions

Notable judicial decisions of Lady Rose include: * in relation to breach of the ''Quincecare'' duty (upheld by the Court of Appeal on other grounds).

References

Links

The Union of Choice for Senior Managers and Professionals in Public Service: Dame Vivien Rose, recent appointee to the High Court Chancery Division and former chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal
accessed 22 March 2014.
About the Judiciary
accessed 22 March 2014.

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