Ingrid Simler, Lady Simler

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, an appointment she took up on 2 July 2019.^[4]

Simler was chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee of the Bar Council,^[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 Simler would become a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.^[8] She was sworn in on 14 November 2023.^[9]

In November 2024, Simler was appointed as the Visitor of St Hugh's College, Oxford, succeeding Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood.^[10]

She married John Bernstein in 1991, and has two sons and two daughters.^[11]

• Mercer v Alternative Future Group Ltd [2024] UKSC 12
• Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley [2018] ICR 768 (EAT)
• For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 4