Decision: Parliament must vote
What else? Having sat on the Franco-British cooperation committee, his hobbies include traveling to France and playing his two sons at tennis.
The Internationalist
Lord Jonathan Mance, 73, studied in Luxembourg and worked for a Hamburg law firm early in his legal career. He’s retained an international profile as a judge, working on a panel that checks the suitability of candidates to the European Court of Justice and currently chairs the executive council of the International Law Association.
“The European Union and its predecessor treaties have seen Europe experience fifty years of, basically, peace, weaving an unprecedented net of governmental and institutional collaboration between its component states,” he said in a 2013 lecture. “The European legislative process may be imperfectly democratic, but it is the best we currently have.”
During the Brexit trial: One of the most outspoken judges, especially during the government’s arguments, which he characterized as Parliament doing “whatever the government decides without actually expressing a view itself.” Mance then asked: “Is that realistic?” He also noted that “the word ‘referendum’ is a foreign expression derived from Switzerland. Thirty years ago it was almost unknown to Englishmen.”
Decision: Parliament must vote
What else? Mance is unlikely to be phased by the presence of protesters outside the Supreme Court. In 1997, a woman pulled a gun and threatened to shoot three judges including Mance, who calmly left the court and raised the alarm.
The Mariner
Born on the west coast of Scotland, Lord Anthony Clarke spent 27 years as a barrister specializing in maritime law. As a judge, he oversaw two inquiries into a boat accident on the River Thames that killed 51 people.