Some detail (via @gabrielquotes) on the question I have been wondering about for a few months - why Lord Sumption is no longer on the Supreme Court supplementary panel. whatdotheyknow.com/request/765192…
https://twitter.com/AdamWagner1/status/1433774009150279684
According to this interesting set of emails he resigned "in view of public criticisms which I was making of the government" 
Lord Hodge to Lord Reed upon hearing about Lord Sumption's resignation:
"That is a relief"
"That is a relief"
Some concern from the Supreme Court communications team that a quote Lord Sumption gave to the Daily Mail "might look as though we were happy to have him as a member of the panel despite everything he has been saying".
Perhaps I am reading too much between the lines but I wonder if there was a discussion between Lord Sumption and Lord Reed which precipitated Lord Sumption's resignation. This email exchange is a bit odd if he resigned out of the blue
And it is also interesting that a code of conduct for Supplementary Panel members just popped up on the Supreme Court website
"last updated" August 2021 but not clear when it was developed supremecourt.uk/about/suppleme…
"last updated" August 2021 but not clear when it was developed supremecourt.uk/about/suppleme…
Anyway, it makes sense that someone who has been a trenchant public critic of the government doesn't sit on Supreme Court cases. I suspect this incident has precipitated a review of policies over panel members and the handling of complaints received in relation to them
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