Facts: - profession: advocate - imagesize: 150px - appointer: elizabeth ii queen of the united kingdom - caption: royal coat of arms of the united kingdom - spouse: jane mylne - predecessor: the lord rodger of earlsferry - office: justice senator of the college of justice of the supreme court of the united kingdom - term end: 2012 - nominator: tony blair as prime minister - term start: 6 february 2012 1998 - birth date: 7 september 1956 - name: lord reed - birthname: robert john reed - image: royal coat of arms of the united kingdom.svg - alma mater: university of edinburgh ; balliol college , oxford Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert reed , lord reed .
robert john reed , lord reed is a scottish judge and a justice of the supreme court of the united kingdom .he sat as the principal judge in the commercial court before being promoted to the inner house of the court of session in 2008 .he is an authority on human rights law in scotland , and serves as one of the uk 's '' ad hoc '' judges at the european court of human rights .