Lord Fraser of Tullybelton

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Law Lord Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Privy Counsellor Scottish judge human life peer member of the House of Lords

Lord Fraser of Tullybelton was a Scottish judge and Law Lord who served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the House of Lords and played a key role in shaping modern UK administrative and constitutional law.

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Label	Occurrences
Lord Fraser of Tullybelton canonical	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lord Fraser of Tullybelton
Context triple: [Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service, leadingJudge, Lord Fraser of Tullybelton]

A. Lord Murray of Tullibardine
Lord Murray of Tullibardine is a courtesy title in the Scottish peerage historically associated with the Murray family, Dukes of Atholl.
B. Lord Burnett of Maldon
Lord Burnett of Maldon is a senior British judge who serves as the head of the judiciary and president of the courts of England and Wales.
C. Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
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.
D. Lord Irvine of Lairg
Lord Irvine of Lairg is a British Labour politician and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor under Prime Minister Tony Blair and played a key role in major constitutional reforms in the late 1990s.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Lord Fraser of Tullybelton
Target entity description: Lord Fraser of Tullybelton was a Scottish judge and Law Lord who served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the House of Lords and played a key role in shaping modern UK administrative and constitutional law.

A. Lord Murray of Tullibardine
Lord Murray of Tullibardine is a courtesy title in the Scottish peerage historically associated with the Murray family, Dukes of Atholl.
B. Lord Burnett of Maldon
Lord Burnett of Maldon is a senior British judge who serves as the head of the judiciary and president of the courts of England and Wales.
C. Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
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.
D. Lord Irvine of Lairg
Lord Irvine of Lairg is a British Labour politician and barrister who served as Lord Chancellor under Prime Minister Tony Blair and played a key role in major constitutional reforms in the late 1990s.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Law Lord ⓘ Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ Privy Counsellor ⓘ Scottish judge ⓘ human ⓘ life peer ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
educatedAt	Edinburgh Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Edinburgh ⓘ
familyName	Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Scots law ⓘ administrative law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ public law ⓘ
fullName	Alexander John Fraser, Baron Fraser of Tullybelton NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Alexander ⓘ
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable ⓘ
jurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor	influence on modern UK administrative law ⓘ influence on modern UK constitutional law ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ Judicial Committee of the House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
nobleTitle	Baron Fraser of Tullybelton NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	counsel in Burmah Oil Co Ltd v Lord Advocate ⓘ judgment in Attorney-General v Jonathan Cape Ltd ⓘ judgment in British Steel Corporation v Granada Television Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ judgment in Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service ⓘ
occupation	advocate ⓘ barrister ⓘ judge ⓘ law lord ⓘ
positionHeld	Dean of the Faculty of Advocates ⓘ Lord Advocate NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Commissioner of Justiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ Lord of Session NERFINISHED ⓘ Senator of the College of Justice ⓘ Solicitor General for Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Baron Fraser of Tullybelton NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service → leadingJudge → Lord Fraser of Tullybelton ⓘ

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