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The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is dedicated to transparency and openness. It is important we help people understand what we do and how. This page provides information regarding the administration, governance, and operations of the Court. This includes transparency reporting information such as staff data and Justices’ expenses, as well as the business plans and board minutes. You will also find our policies and strategies regarding Diversity & Inclusion, FOI, and procedures to contact us and submit complaints.
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 - Lead Non-Executive Director (Chair)
- Vicky Fox - Chief Executive Officer
- Sam Clark - Director of Corporate Services and Change
- Laura Angus - Registrar
- Paul Strang - Director of Finance
- Jane Furniss - Non- Executive Director
- Julie Nerney - Non-Executive Director
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 - Lead Non-Executive Director (Chair)
- Jane Furniss - Non-Executive Director
- Julie Nerney - Non-Executive Director
- Catherine Blair – Independent Member
- Noel Rehfisch - Independent Member
- Glyn Capper – Independent Member
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 - Non-Executive Director (Chair)
- Iain Lanaghan - Lead Non-Executive Director
- Vicky Fox - Chief Executive Officer
- Laura Angus and Celia Cave (job share) - Registrar
- Paul Strang – Director of Finance
- Martha Rowe – Head of HR
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 – Chief Executive Officer (Chair)
- Sam Clark – Director of Corporate Services and Change
- Laura Angus and Celia Cave (job share) – Registrar
- Paul Strang – Finance Director
- Martha Rowe – Head of Human Resources
- John McManus– Head of External Affairs and Communications
- Pejman Ghasemzadeh – Head of IT and Digital Services
- Alexander Hughes – Head Judicial Assistant.
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 - Director of Corporate Services & Change (Senior Responsible Officer and Chair)
- Laura Angus and Celia Cave (job share) – Registrar (Deputy Chair)
- Vicky Fox – Chief Executive (standing invitation)
- Jane Furniss - Non-Executive Director
- Julie Nerney - Non-Executive Director
- Paul Strang – Finance Director (Programme FRO)
- Martha Rowe – Head of Human Resources
- Pejman Ghasemzadeh – Head of IT and Digital Services
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
Diversity and Inclusion (administration)
Please find details about our diversity and inclusion
Transparency
- Freedom of Information responses : Please find details about our FOI
- Justices and CEO’s expenses : Please find details about our Justice and CEO Expense
- Financial transparency data : Please find details about our Financial Transparency Data
- Workforce management information and Staff data : Please find details about our Workforce Management Information and Staff data
- Staff Engagement Survey results : Find our staff engagement survey results
- Our energy use from April, 2025 : The UKSC will publish information on the amount of energy our building uses.