While this apparently isn't a new development, it is news to me, so I thought I'd post it.
Constitutional change in the U.K. will bring the creation of a new Supreme Court:
The supreme court is being created under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, which will end the position of the Lord Chancellor as head of the judiciary and the role of the House of Lords as the highest court in the land. The current law lords, otherwise known as the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, will remain as members of the House of Lords when the supreme court opens. But new appointees, who will be selected by a new commission, will not be members of the Lords.
The court will . . .
— Hear appeals on arguable points of law of general public importance
— Act as the final court of appeal in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
— Hear appeals from civil cases in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and criminal cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
— Assume the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.The Commonwealth jurisdiction of the council will remain unchanged
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto
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