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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary canonical	15
Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary	2
Lord of Appeal	1
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (House of Lords)	1
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord)	1
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords	1
Lord of Appeal in the Supreme Courts	1
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary to be persons who had held high judicial office	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 in Ordinary ⓘ surface form: Lord of Appeal
appliesToJurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
appointedBy	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: 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, England ⓘ surface form: London
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ
officeAbolishedOn	2009-10-01 ⓘ
partOf	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ surface form: 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	Lord ⓘ surface form: The Lord
subordinateTo	Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ surface form: 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 (24)

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

Lord → usedInTitle → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → replaces → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → predecessorOffice → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Cyril Radcliffe → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → alsoKnownAs → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord of Appeal

Cyril Asquith → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Sidney Rowlatt → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord Steyn → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord Collins of Mapesbury → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord Bingham of Cornhill → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Baroness Hale of Richmond → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord)

Baroness Hale of Richmond → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (House of Lords)

Lord Hodge → title → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord of Appeal in the Supreme Courts

Lord Hope of Craighead → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Baron Radcliffe → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

subject surface form: Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe

Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 → createdOffice → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 → requiredQualification → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lords of Appeal in Ordinary to be persons who had held high judicial office

Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → replaced → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → predecessorOffice → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords