law lord

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judicial office member of the House of Lords senior judge in the United Kingdom

A law lord was a senior judge who sat in the House of Lords’ Appellate Committee, formerly serving as one of the United Kingdom’s highest judicial authorities before the creation of the Supreme Court.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Law Lord	1
Law Lords	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ senior judge in the United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judiciary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
chamber	House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
couldSitIn	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess	collegial panel hearings ⓘ
endOfPrimaryJudicialRole	1 October 2009 ⓘ
exercisedPower	final court of appeal for most domestic cases in the United Kingdom ⓘ
function	decide points of law of general public importance ⓘ deliver judgments on appeals ⓘ hear appeals ⓘ
historicalStatus	abolished as a judicial office in 2009 ⓘ
influenced	development of common law in the United Kingdom ⓘ
judicialFunctionsTransferredTo	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	appeals from England and Wales ⓘ appeals from Northern Ireland ⓘ appeals from Scotland ⓘ appeals from certain overseas jurisdictions to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
legalSystem	English law NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland law NERFINISHED ⓘ Scots law NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfSittings	House of Lords chamber NERFINISHED ⓘ Palace of Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ
membershipType	life peer ⓘ
participatedIn	law-making through judicial precedent ⓘ legislative debates in the House of Lords ⓘ
partOf	Appellate Committee of the House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	one of the highest judicial authorities in the United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedLegislation	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
requiredQualification	eminent barrister or advocate ⓘ senior judicial experience ⓘ
roleIn	judicial functions of the House of Lords ⓘ
subjectTo	mandatory retirement age ⓘ
successorBody	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleStyle	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lord [title] NERFINISHED ⓘ
wore	judicial robes ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Lord Steyn → occupation → law lord ⓘ

Baron Radcliffe → positionHeld → law lord ⓘ

subject surface form: Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe

this entity surface form: Law Lord

Appellate Committee room → usedBy → law lord ⓘ

this entity surface form: Law Lords