Judicial Committee of the House of Lords

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court former supreme court of the United Kingdom

The Judicial Committee of the House of Lords was the United Kingdom’s highest appellate court for civil cases (and most criminal cases in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland) until its functions were transferred to the Supreme Court in 2009.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Appellate Committee of the House of Lords 5
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 2
House of Lords (Judicial Committee) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
former supreme court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Appellate Committee of the House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealFrom lower courts in the United Kingdom ⓘ
appealsHeardInPanelsOf typically five Law Lords ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch ⓘ
buildingUsedAfterAbolition Middlesex Guildhall (by its successor court) NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition Lords of Appeal in Ordinary NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
decidedAppealsFrom Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Court of Session NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Court of Justiciary (in certain cases) NERFINISHED ⓘ
decidedAppealsFrom Court of Appeal of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Court of Justice of England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
decidedOn points of law of general public importance ⓘ
decisionForm reasoned written opinions ⓘ
dissolvedIn 2009 ⓘ
endTime 2009 ⓘ
finalJudgmentDate 30 July 2009 ⓘ
functionTransferredTo Supreme Court of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingStatute Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hearingType final appeals ⓘ
highestCourtFor civil cases in the United Kingdom ⓘ
most criminal cases in England and Wales ⓘ
most criminal cases in Northern Ireland ⓘ
historicalRole final court of appeal for the United Kingdom before 2009 ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legalTradition stare decisis ⓘ
locatedIn London NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf United Kingdom judiciary ⓘ
partOf House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor House of Lords in its full judicial capacity NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Supreme Court of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
separationOfPowersReform creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
successor Supreme Court of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfAppealsHeard civil appeals ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ
usedTitle Law Lords for its judicial members ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Lord Slynn of Hadley → memberOf → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry → memberOf → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
Lord Scott of Foscote → memberOf → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead → memberOf → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service → court → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
Lord High Steward → trialVenue → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords sitting as a court
Lord Justice of Appeal → historicalPredecessor → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
UKSC → replaced → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
UKSC → hasPredecessor → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
this entity surface form: Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
the Hunting Act 2004 was valid primary legislation → wasUpheldBy → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
subject surface form: Hunting Act 2004
this entity surface form: House of Lords (Judicial Committee)
Lord Carswell → memberOf → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
Appellate Committee room → usedBy → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
Appellate Committee room → partOf → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords judicial functions
Appellate Committee room → associatedWith → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
Appellate Committee room → associatedWith → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
Senior Law Lord → partOf → Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appellate Committee of the House of Lords