Corporate Information

About the administration of the Court

The role of the Court’s administration is to provide an environment which enables the Justices to carry out their duties in an effective, visible and accessible way, as well as fulfilling all the functions required of a non-ministerial department.

The Chief Executive Officer is accountable for carrying out the non-judicial functions of the Court as delegated by the President and for ensuring that the Court’s resources are used to provide an effective and efficient system to support the Court in carrying out its business.

We have a three-year Business Plan published in April 2023, and updates in April 2024 and April 2025

Concordat between the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

The UKSC is a non-ministerial department but a Concordat is in place which details the agreed framework for cooperation between the Ministry of Justice (“MoJ”) and the UKSC on matters which include:

• funding and finance,

• governance,

• UKSC fees; and

• information sharing

The purpose of the document is to guide the actions of officials on matters for which they have responsibility; to ensure that the productive relationships between the two departments and the Lord Chancellor and President continue and that business is conducted in a smooth and efficient way.

The Concordat is reviewed every five years and was last updated in October 2024.

Our governance

Roles and structure of our Boards and Committees

UKSC Board

The UKSC Board provides advice, support to and scrutiny of, the Chief Executive and senior staff on strategy, performance, and governance of the UKSC and seek to assure itself of the proper management of the UKSC by the Chief Executive.

It has no role in any judicial functions of the Court. The Board will be advisory and will not exercise any powers of the President of the Court or of the Accounting Officer.

Members:

• Iain Lanaghan

• Vicky Fox

• Sam Clark

• Laura Angus

• Paul Strang

• Jane Furniss

• Julie Nerney

Terms of Reference

Audit and Risk Assurance Committee

As a sub-committee of the UKSC Board, the Audit Risk and Assurance Committee supports the Board and the Accounting Officer in their responsibilities to ensure that there are effective arrangements for governance, risk management and internal control in place for the department. It does this by focusing on assurance arrangements over governance, financial reporting, and the annual report and accounts, including the evidence for and content of the governance statement. The Committee ensures that there is an adequate and effective risk management and assurance framework in place to meet the Board and Accounting Officer’s assurance requirements.

Members:

• Iain Lanaghan

• Jane Furniss

• Julie Nerney

• Catherine Blair

• Noel Rehfisch

• Glyn Capper

Terms of Reference 

Remuneration Committee

The Committee is a sub committee of the UKSC Board and supports the Chief Executive and the Management Board in their responsibilities for staff pay, terms and conditions and performance management.

Members:

• Jane Furniss

• Iain Lanaghan

• Vicky Fox

• Laura Angus

• Paul Strang

• Martha Rowe

Terms of Reference

Management Board

The Board assists the Chief Executive in the running of the administration by overseeing and monitoring the delivery of the business plan and performance, and by providing collective leadership of the administration. The Board supports the Chief Executive in their statutory responsibilities as an Accounting Officer

Members:

• Vicky Fox

• Sam Clark

• Laura Angus

• Paul Strang

• Martha Rowe

• John McManus

• Pejman Ghasemzadeh

• Alexander Hughes – Head Judicial Assistant.

Terms of Reference 

Change Board (from April 2023 to June 2025)

This Board provides support to and scrutiny of the Change Programme as well as providing advice and assurance for delivery to the Chief Executive.

The Board will provide support to and scrutiny of the Change Programme and advise and assure the Chief Executive in the following areas:

• Programme clarity.

• Programme deliverables.

• Financial compliance.

• Readiness for change and organisational development.

• Benefits realisation.

• Adequate management of risks and issues.

• Make recommendations to CEO/authorise any major deviations from the agreed programme plans.

• Sign off the completion of each stage of the plan, including the deliverables, and giving approval/recommendation to the CEO to start the next stage.

Members:

• Sam Clark 

• Laura Angus

• Vicky Fox 

• Jane Furniss

• Julie Nerney

• Paul Strang

• Martha Rowe

• Pejman Ghasemzadeh

Terms of Reference 

Minutes of the UKSC Board

In 2022, a Governance Review recommended the creation of the UKSC Board to support the Chief Executive in meeting their statutory responsibilities and responsibilities as delegated to them by the President of the UKSC in accordance with the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, and as Accounting Officer.

The UKSC Board first met in December 2022 and minutes are available from that meeting onwards. This Board replaced the previous Management Board upon which Non-Executive Directors sat, so up to that date minutes of the Management Board are available and after that, minutes of the UKSC Board.

UKSC Board minutes :  Please find details about our UKSC Board Minutes. 

Also find details about our Management Board minutes prior to the creation of the UKSC board.

Our Business Plans and Annual Reports

• Business plans

• Annual reports

Diversity and Inclusion (administration)

Please find details about our diversity and inclusion

Transparency

• Freedom of Information responses

• Justices and CEO’s expenses :  

• Financial transparency data : 

• Workforce management information and Staff data : 

• Staff Engagement Survey results

• User Group Meetings

• Our energy use from April, 2025 

Contact us

• General enquiries

• Judicial complaints

• Administrative complaints

• Information Requests

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