Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

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judicial office life peerage

A Lord of Appeal in Ordinary was a senior judge appointed to serve as a life peer in the UK’s House of Lords, acting as one of the highest appellate judges before the creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

Aliases (3)

Lord of Appeal ×1
Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ×1
Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office → life peerage →
abolishedBy	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 →
alsoKnownAs	Law Lord → Lord of Appeal →
appliesToJurisdiction	England and Wales → Northern Ireland → Scotland →
appointedBy	monarch of the United Kingdom →
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
country	United Kingdom →
endTime	2009 →
fieldOfWork	judiciary → law →
function	act as final court of appeal for most UK cases → develop common law → hear appeals from lower courts → interpret statutes →
grants	life peerage →
grantsMembership	House of Lords →
hasHouse	House of Lords →
hasLegalAuthorityOver	appeals → civil appeals → criminal appeals →
hasRank	life peer → senior judge →
hasRole	law lord →
historicalPeriod	20th century → early 21st century → late 19th century →
jurisdictionLevel	court of last resort →
legalBasis	Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 →
locatedIn	London →
memberOf	House of Lords →
officeAbolishedOn	2009-10-01 →
partOf	Appellate Committee of the House of Lords → House of Lords →
replacedBy	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom →
requiredQualification	senior judicial experience →
retirementAge	70 or 75 depending on appointment date →
scopeOfAuthority	United Kingdom-wide appeals in civil matters → United Kingdom-wide appeals in criminal matters (with some exceptions) →
startTime	1876 →
style	The Lord →
subordinateTo	Lord Chancellor (historically) → Senior Law Lord →
termLength	life tenure as peer →
titleLanguage	English →
workLocation	Appellate Committee room → House of Lords chamber → Palace of Westminster →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cyril Asquith → Cyril Radcliffe → Sidney Rowlatt →	positionHeld
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ("Lord of Appeal") →	alsoKnownAs
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ("Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary") →	predecessorOffice
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ("Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary") →	replaces
Lord →	usedInTitle