The Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder
I became Master of Pembroke in July 2020, and spent my first year getting to know our community through the unique circumstance of the covid pandemic. The inspiring commitment of our students and staff to achieving excellence is undaunted. I am proud to lead a diverse group of academics and professionals from all backgrounds, who join me in planning for the richest possible College experience for everyone.
My previous role was in the United Kingdom Judiciary, as Senior President of Tribunals (their head of jurisdiction) and a Lord Justice of Appeal. I have published and lectured internationally on issues of family law, the role of a modern judiciary, the leadership and governance of justice and cultural conflicts in justice. I am a Senior Associate at the University of Oxford’s Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, as well as sitting on a number of academic and charitable boards and foundations.
Executive Assistant to the Master
+44 1865 276401
master@pmb.ox.ac.uk
DEGREES, AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
PC, Kt, TD, KC, AWS, DL, MA (Oxon), MA (Cantab), LLD (Hon) (Lancaster), LLD (Hon) (Bolton), FRCP (London), FRSA
JUDICIAL CAREER HISTORY:
2018 to 2021 Chairman of the Administrative Justice Council
2015 to 2020 Senior President of Tribunals for the United Kingdom
2015 to 2020 Senior Judicial Member, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Board
2015 to 2020 Head of Deployment Strategy for the Judiciary
2013 to 2020 Lord Justice of Appeal in England & Wales
Course Director, Leadership and Management Development, Judicial College
2011 to 2014 Judge in charge of the modernisation of family justice
2009 to 2013 Presiding Judge of the Northern Circuit
2005 to 2009 Family Division Liaison Judge for the Northern Circuit
2004 to 2013 Justice of the High Court
2004 to date Master of the Bench, Hon Society of Gray’s Inn
APPOINTMENTS & INTERESTS:
Parliamentary Advisor to the Privileges Committee
Parliamentary Advisor to the Committee on Standards
Trustee and Deputy Chairman, The Nuffield Foundation
Trustee, Charities Aid Foundation
Associate and formerly Visiting Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Associate Writer to His Majesty's Signet, Scotland
Honorary Professor of Law, University of Lancaster
Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
Honorary Member, Society of Legal Scholars
Member of the Judicial Council of the International Association of Law Schools
Member of the Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Department for Law and Anthropology – CUREDI project), Halle, Germany
Member of the Advisory Board of the University College London and Legal Education Foundation What Works Centre for Civil and Administrative Law
Member of the Advisory Board of Birkbeck College, University of London Vulnerable People Access to Justice Project
Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Bolton
Honorary Professor of Strategic Management in the Law, Bolton
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Judicial Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers
Judicial Fellow of the American Bar Association
The Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry (formerly Officer Commanding)
Deputy Lieutenant, Greater Manchester
PUBLISHED MATERIAL:
Clarke, Hall and Morrison on Children, LexisNexis, Consulting Editor
Child Care Management Practice, Jordans Family Law, General Editor
PLO Pro, Class Publishing, Editor
Judicial proposals for the modernisation of family justice, JO, July 2012
Being a Judge in the Modern World, Cooper (Ed.), OUP, 2017
The Modernisation of Tribunals, JO, December 2018
Open Justice, The Role of Courts in a Democratic Society, Hess and Harvey (Eds), Studies of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg, January 2019
Judicial Leadership, Ryder and Hardy, OUP, June 2019
RECENT ARTICLES AND SPEECHES:
Review of fairness and natural justice in the House of Commons standards system, Westminster, 1 March 2022
Justice in a Crisis: Blackstone Lecture 2021, Pembroke College, Oxford, 21 January 2021
Diversity and Judgecraft - Decency in Human Affairs, EJTN and Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, 19 November 2020
Slaying the Sixth Giant: the Changing Face of Justice, Bolton School, Bolton, 28 November 2019
Conflict and Judgement, EJTN and Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Utrecht, 6 November 2019
Implementation and Application of the Law: the Governance of Justice, Society of Legal Scholars, Preston, September 2019
Driving Improvements: Collaboration and Peer Learning: Justice for All, Ombudsman Association, Belfast, May 2019
The Modernisation of Justice, Caribbean Court of Justice Academy, Kingston, Jamaica, December 2018
Rapporteur’s Closing Speech, International Forum on Digital Courts, London, 4 December 2018
Diversity and Judgecraft, EJTN and Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Wiesbaden, Germany, 12 November 2018
The Duty of Leadership in Judicial Office, Centre for Contemporary Coronial Law, University of Bolton, 22 October 2018
Constitutional Norms and Modern Methods, University of Coventry, 3 October 2018
Experts Under the Judicial Microscope, Expert Witness Institute, Westminster, 27 September 2018
Justice in a Modern Way, Administrative Law Bar Association, Birmingham, 16 July 2018
What’s Happening in Justice: A view from England and Wales, The Future of Justice, UCL, 14 May 2018
The role of the justice system in decision-making, BASPCAN 10th International Congress, University of Warwick, 9 April 2018
Assisting Access to Justice, Keele University, 15 March 2018
Securing Open Justice, Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law and Saarland University, Luxembourg, 1 February 2018
In the Shadow of Magna Carta, Washington DC, 13 November 2015
The Modernisation of Tribunals 2018, A Report by the Senior President of Tribunals, JO, December 2018
The Modernisation of Tribunals, Innovation Plan for 2019/2020, JO, January 2019
Senior President of Tribunals' Annual Report 2020, JO, November 2020
Senior President of Tribunals' Annual Report 2019, JO, November 2019
Senior President of Tribunals' Annual Report 2018, JO, November 2018
Senior President of Tribunals' Annual Report 2017, JO, November 2017
Senior President of Tribunals' Annual Report 2016, JO, November 2016
The Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder
I became Master of Pembroke in July 2020, and spent my first year getting to know our community through the unique circumstance of the covid pandemic. The inspiring commitment of our students and staff to achieving excellence is undaunted. I am proud to lead a diverse group of academics and professionals from all backgrounds, who join me in planning for the richest possible College experience for everyone.
My previous role was in the United Kingdom Judiciary, as Senior President of Tribunals (their head of jurisdiction) and a Lord Justice of Appeal. I have published and lectured internationally on issues of family law, the role of a modern judiciary, the leadership and governance of justice and cultural conflicts in justice. I am a Senior Associate at the University of Oxford’s Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, as well as sitting on a number of academic and charitable boards and foundations.
Executive Assistant to the Master
+44 1865 276401
master@pmb.ox.ac.uk
DEGREES, AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
PC, Kt, TD, KC, AWS, DL, MA (Oxon), MA (Cantab), LLD (Hon) (Lancaster), LLD (Hon) (Bolton), FRCP (London), FRSA
JUDICIAL CAREER HISTORY:
2018 to 2021 Chairman of the Administrative Justice Council
2015 to 2020 Senior President of Tribunals for the United Kingdom
2015 to 2020 Senior Judicial Member, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Board
2015 to 2020 Head of Deployment Strategy for the Judiciary
2013 to 2020 Lord Justice of Appeal in England & Wales
Course Director, Leadership and Management Development, Judicial College
2011 to 2014 Judge in charge of the modernisation of family justice
2009 to 2013 Presiding Judge of the Northern Circuit
2005 to 2009 Family Division Liaison Judge for the Northern Circuit
2004 to 2013 Justice of the High Court
2004 to date Master of the Bench, Hon Society of Gray’s Inn
APPOINTMENTS & INTERESTS:
Parliamentary Advisor to the Privileges Committee
Parliamentary Advisor to the Committee on Standards
Trustee and Deputy Chairman, The Nuffield Foundation
Trustee, Charities Aid Foundation
Associate and formerly Visiting Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Associate Writer to His Majesty's Signet, Scotland
Honorary Professor of Law, University of Lancaster
Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
Honorary Member, Society of Legal Scholars
Member of the Judicial Council of the International Association of Law Schools
Member of the Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Department for Law and Anthropology – CUREDI project), Halle, Germany
Member of the Advisory Board of the University College London and Legal Education Foundation What Works Centre for Civil and Administrative Law
Member of the Advisory Board of Birkbeck College, University of London Vulnerable People Access to Justice Project
Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Bolton
Honorary Professor of Strategic Management in the Law, Bolton
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Judicial Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers
Judicial Fellow of the American Bar Association
The Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry (formerly Officer Commanding)
Deputy Lieutenant, Greater Manchester
PUBLISHED MATERIAL:
Clarke, Hall and Morrison on Children, LexisNexis, Consulting Editor
Child Care Management Practice, Jordans Family Law, General Editor
PLO Pro, Class Publishing, Editor
Judicial proposals for the modernisation of family justice, JO, July 2012
Being a Judge in the Modern World, Cooper (Ed.), OUP, 2017
The Modernisation of Tribunals, JO, December 2018
Open Justice, The Role of Courts in a Democratic Society, Hess and Harvey (Eds), Studies of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg, January 2019
Judicial Leadership, Ryder and Hardy, OUP, June 2019
RECENT ARTICLES AND SPEECHES:
Review of fairness and natural justice in the House of Commons standards system, Westminster, 1 March 2022
Justice in a Crisis: Blackstone Lecture 2021, Pembroke College, Oxford, 21 January 2021
Diversity and Judgecraft - Decency in Human Affairs, EJTN and Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, 19 November 2020
Slaying the Sixth Giant: the Changing Face of Justice, Bolton School, Bolton, 28 November 2019
Conflict and Judgement, EJTN and Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Utrecht, 6 November 2019
Implementation and Application of the Law: the Governance of Justice, Society of Legal Scholars, Preston, September 2019
Driving Improvements: Collaboration and Peer Learning: Justice for All, Ombudsman Association, Belfast, May 2019
The Modernisation of Justice, Caribbean Court of Justice Academy, Kingston, Jamaica, December 2018
Rapporteur’s Closing Speech, International Forum on Digital Courts, London, 4 December 2018
Diversity and Judgecraft, EJTN and Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Wiesbaden, Germany, 12 November 2018
The Duty of Leadership in Judicial Office, Centre for Contemporary Coronial Law, University of Bolton, 22 October 2018
Constitutional Norms and Modern Methods, University of Coventry, 3 October 2018
Experts Under the Judicial Microscope, Expert Witness Institute, Westminster, 27 September 2018
Justice in a Modern Way, Administrative Law Bar Association, Birmingham, 16 July 2018
What’s Happening in Justice: A view from England and Wales, The Future of Justice, UCL, 14 May 2018
The role of the justice system in decision-making, BASPCAN 10th International Congress, University of Warwick, 9 April 2018
Assisting Access to Justice, Keele University, 15 March 2018
Securing Open Justice, Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law and Saarland University, Luxembourg, 1 February 2018
In the Shadow of Magna Carta, Washington DC, 13 November 2015
The Modernisation of Tribunals 2018, A Report by the Senior President of Tribunals, JO, December 2018
The Modernisation of Tribunals, Innovation Plan for 2019/2020, JO, January 2019
Senior President of Tribunals' Annual Report 2020, JO, November 2020
Senior President of Tribunals' Annual Report 2019, JO, November 2019
Senior President of Tribunals' Annual Report 2018, JO, November 2018
Senior President of Tribunals' Annual Report 2017, JO, November 2017
Senior President of Tribunals' Annual Report 2016, JO, November 2016