Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
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Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead is a prominent British jurist who served as a Law Lord in the House of Lords and later as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead canonical | 3 |
| Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead | 1 |
| Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, of Birkenhead in the County of Merseyside | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1424798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead Context triple: [Trinity Hall, Cambridge, hasAlumni, Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead]
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A.
Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise
Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise is a British businessman and Conservative life peer best known for his leadership role at the retail company Next plc.
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B.
Lord Browne of Madingley
Lord Browne of Madingley is a British businessman and former chief executive of BP, noted for his influential role in the global energy industry and public service in engineering and education.
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C.
Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Lord Bingham of Cornhill was a highly respected British judge and law lord, widely regarded as one of the most influential jurists in modern UK legal history.
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D.
Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe
Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe is a British judge and law lord who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
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E.
Lord Saville of Newdigate
Lord Saville of Newdigate is a British judge best known for chairing the Bloody Sunday Inquiry into the 1972 shootings in Northern Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead Target entity description: Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead is a prominent British jurist who served as a Law Lord in the House of Lords and later as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
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A.
Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise
Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise is a British businessman and Conservative life peer best known for his leadership role at the retail company Next plc.
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B.
Lord Browne of Madingley
Lord Browne of Madingley is a British businessman and former chief executive of BP, noted for his influential role in the global energy industry and public service in engineering and education.
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C.
Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Lord Bingham of Cornhill was a highly respected British judge and law lord, widely regarded as one of the most influential jurists in modern UK legal history.
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D.
Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe
Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe is a British judge and law lord who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
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E.
Lord Saville of Newdigate
Lord Saville of Newdigate is a British judge best known for chairing the Bloody Sunday Inquiry into the 1972 shootings in Northern Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British judge
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human ⓘ law lord ⓘ life peer ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| appointedAsLordOfAppealInOrdinary | 1994 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1933-01-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Birkenhead
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Cheshire ⓘ England ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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| createdBaronage | 1994 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Liverpool Institute High School for Boys
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St Catherine's College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Nicholls ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
commercial law
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equity ⓘ law ⓘ |
| givenName | Donald ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | PC ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Lords
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Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ
surface form:
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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| name | Donald James Nicholls ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead
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| notableFor |
influential judgments in equity and commercial law
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service as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ service as a Law Lord in the House of Lords ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Attorney General v Blake
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Barclays Bank plc v O'Brien ⓘ Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd ⓘ Re H (Minors) (Sexual Abuse: Standard of Proof) ⓘ Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd v Tan ⓘ White v White ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
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judge ⓘ law lord ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
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Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ Non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong ⓘ Non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong from another common law jurisdiction ⓘ Chancellor of the High Court ⓘ
surface form:
Vice-Chancellor of the Supreme Court of Judicature
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| retirementFromHouseOfLordsJudicialCommittee | 2007 ⓘ |
| titleCreation |
Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
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surface form:
Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, of Birkenhead in the County of Merseyside
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead Description of subject: Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead is a prominent British jurist who served as a Law Lord in the House of Lords and later as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead
Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
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titleCreation
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Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, of Birkenhead in the County of Merseyside
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union
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judge
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Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
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