Chief Justice KIM Myeongsu returned to Korea on Sunday, May 28, 2023 after completing his official visit to the United Kingdom for 7 nights and 9 days.

Chief Justice Kim visited the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and met with the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and had a meeting with members of the Judicial Appointments Commission on Monday, May 22. On May 23, Chief Justice Kim visited the Commercial Court of England and Wales. He paid a courtesy call on President of the UK Supreme Court on May 24. Chief Justice Kim also met with Lord President of  the Court of Session in Scotland and had a meeting with Senators of the College of Justice at the Judicial Institute for Scotland on May 25.

Chief Justice Kim had in-depth discussion on the judicial appointment system, training of judges, and the ways to further judicial cooperation that had been agreed upon in advance at each institution he visited.

The UK Supreme Court expressed that this visit was very meaningful as the second official exchange between the heads of the two judiciaries since 2015, and President of the UK Supreme Court and Chief Justice of Korea agreed to continue expanding judicial exchanges in the future.

In addition, he had a meeting and shared the understanding on the judicial appointment system and judicial education of the two countries and paved the way for the improvement and development of our country’s judicial appointment system.

As the first Chief Justice to visit the highest courts of England and Wales as well as Scotland, he laid the foundation for expanding exchange and cooperation between the judiciaries of the two countries. With the official visit of Chief Justice Kim to the U.K., the scope of judicial exchanges were broadened and the mutual understanding of the two judicial systems was raised to a higher level. The judicial cooperation between the two judiciaries is expected to become more enhanced.