British judge

C13761
concept

A British judge is a legal professional appointed to preside over court proceedings in the United Kingdom, interpreting and applying the law, ensuring fair trials, and delivering judgments and sentences.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
British judge canonical 97
law lord 35
English judge 20

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: British judge
Generated description
A British judge is a legal professional appointed to preside over court proceedings in the United Kingdom, interpreting and applying the law, ensuring fair trials, and delivering judgments and sentences.

Instances (147)

Instance Via concept surface
Rodger
surface form: Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry
law lord
Mark Oliver Saville
Baron Saville of Newdigate
surface form: Mark Oliver Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate
Sir John Popham English judge
Richard Rashleigh Folliott Scott
Baron Scott of Foscote
Robert Lionel Goff
Jane Ferneley
surface form: Sir Nicholas Bacon
English judge
Donald James Nicholls law lord
Donald
surface form: Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead
law lord
Lord Diplock
Lord Scarman
Lord Roskill
Lord Brightman
Lord Keith of Kinkel Law Lord
Lord Mustill
Lord Fraser of Tullybelton Law Lord
Lord Browne-Wilkinson
Lord Lloyd of Berwick
Baron Burnett of Maldon
surface form: Andrew Burnett, Lord Burnett of Maldon
Cyril Asquith
Mark Lucraft
Ian Burnett
surface form: Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon
Lord Justice Knight-Bruce
Lord Justice Turner
John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey
Lord Justice Giffard
Lord Justice James
Lord Justice Mellish English judge
Patrick Stewart Hodge law lord
Brenda Marjorie Hale law lord
Robert John Reed
Sir Ernest Ryder
Hobhouse
surface form: Arthur Hobhouse, 1st Baron Hobhouse
Anne Wincott
surface form: Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester
English judge
Dame Anne Rafferty (former)
surface form: Dame Anne Rafferty
Hannen
surface form: James Hannen, Baron Hannen
James Arthur David Hope law lord
Sir John Pratt English judge
Baron Camden
surface form: Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Lady Anne Towry
surface form: Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough
Baron Huddleston
Sidney Rowlatt
Viscount Radcliffe
surface form: Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe
law lord
Michael Patrick Nolan, Baron Nolan
Lord Justice Taylor
Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth