David Lloyd Jones
| David Lloyd Jones
| |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 Pontypridd |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Known for | Justice of the UK Supreme Court, 2017–; former Junior Crown Counsel; counsel for former soldiers at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry |
David Lloyd Jones (Lord Lloyd-Jones, born 1952) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and sat on the appeal by Huda Ammori against the proscription of Palestine Action, heard on 4 and 5 November 2026.[1]
Career
He studied at Downing College, Cambridge, and was a Fellow there from 1975 to 1991. He was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1975, became a Recorder in 1994, served as Junior Crown Counsel (Common Law) from 1997 to 1999, and took silk in 1999.[2] Counsel magazine reported that at Brick Court Chambers he was instructed by the UK government and the European Commission, sat on the government's panel of counsel for foreign-relations cases, acted as amicus in the Pinochet proceedings, and represented interested parties at the Bloody Sunday and Hutton inquiries.[3]
He was appointed to the High Court in 2005, was Presiding Judge for Wales from 2008 to 2011, became a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2012 and chaired the Law Commission from 2012 to 2015. He joined the Supreme Court in October 2017.[4]
Bloody Sunday
In November 2001 he appeared for 36 former soldiers who challenged the Bloody Sunday Inquiry's ruling that they give evidence in Derry. The Irish Times reported that the challenge relied on threat assessments from the Ministry of Defence, the RUC and the security service.[5]
Security and protest rulings
- He sat on Begum [2021] UKSC 7, which found for the Home Secretary, and on AAA [2023] UKSC 42, which ruled against the Rwanda policy.[6][7]
- He agreed with Lord Reed in the Northern Ireland safe access zones reference [2022] UKSC 32, which held a ban on protest near abortion clinics compatible with Convention rights.[8]
- In McQuillan [2021] UKSC 55 he co-wrote the joint judgment allowing the appeals of the Chief Constable and the Northern Ireland Secretary, which held that police were not obliged to investigate the authorisation of the ill-treatment of the "Hooded Men" in 1971.[9]
Interests
The Supreme Court does not publish a register of the justices' interests.[10] No link to Israel, Jewish communal bodies or arms companies was found in the public record.
See also
Notes
- ↑ UK Supreme Court, R (on the application of Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, UKSC 2026/0099, case page, accessed 5 November 2026.
- ↑ Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, Appointment of Lord Justices of Appeal, October 2012.
- ↑ Welsh expertise: Lord Lloyd-Jones, Counsel, May 2021.
- ↑ UK Supreme Court, Lord Lloyd-Jones, biography, accessed 5 November 2026.
- ↑ Bloody Sunday inquiry accused of risking lives of ex-soldiers, Irish Times, 6 November 2001.
- ↑ UK Supreme Court, R (Begum) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission, case page.
- ↑ UK Supreme Court, R (AAA and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, case page.
- ↑ UK Supreme Court, Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland: Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland) Bill, case page.
- ↑ UK Supreme Court, Press summary: In re McQuillan, McGuigan and McKenna, 15 December 2021.
- ↑ UK Supreme Court, Justices' financial interests, accessed 5 November 2026.