Lord Justice

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Lord Justice is a senior judicial title used for appellate judges in certain UK jurisdictions, including Northern Ireland.

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Label Occurrences
Lord Justice canonical 5

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate judge title
judicial title
addressedAs My Lord
Your Lordship
appliesToCourtLevel court of appeal
surface form: Court of Appeal
appointedBy monarch of the United Kingdom
appointmentOnAdviceOf Lord Chancellor of England
surface form: Lord Chancellor

Prime Minister
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
belongsToBranch judicial branch
country United Kingdom
femaleEquivalent Lady Justice
genderedForm Lord Justice of Appeal
hasStyle The Right Honourable
hears appeals from lower courts
jurisdictionType appellate jurisdiction
languageOfTitle English
legalStatus formal title
legalSystem common law
partOf judiciary of England and Wales
Judiciary of Northern Ireland
surface form: judiciary of Northern Ireland

courts of the United Kingdom
surface form: judiciary of the United Kingdom
rank junior to Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
senior to High Court judge
scope civil appeals
criminal appeals
typicalPostnominal LJ
usedBy Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland
Court of Appeal of England and Wales
usedFor appellate judges
senior judges
usedInJurisdiction England and Wales
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.