The Law Lords

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| Lords of Appeal who no longer participate in judicial business | Associated Links |

From House of Lords to Supreme Court

The final appeal hearings and judgments of the House of Lords took place on 30 July 2009. The judicial role of the House of Lords as the highest appeal court in the UK has ended.

From 1 October 2009, the United Kingdom Supreme Court assumes jurisdiction on points of law for all civil law cases in the UK and all criminal cases in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

Justices of the Supreme Court

The Law Lords of the House of Lords (as at July 2009), will be the first justices of the 12-member Supreme Court and are disqualified from sitting or voting in the House of Lords. When they retire from the Supreme Court they can return to the House of Lords as full Members but newly-appointed Justices of the Supreme Court will not have seats in the House of Lords.

List of Lords of Appeal (as at July 2009)

Lords of Appeal in Ordinary ('Law Lords') in order of seniority:

Phillips of Worth Matravers, L. (Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary)
Hope of Craighead, L. (Second senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary)
Saville of Newdigate, L.
Scott of Foscote, L.
Rodger of Earlsferry, L.
Walker of Gestingthorpe, L.
Hale of Richmond, B.
Carswell, L.
Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, L.
Mance, L.
Neuberger of Abbotsbury, L.
Collins of Mapesbury, L.
Kerr of Tonaghmore, L

Other Lords of Appeal

These are Lords who hold or have held high judicial office as defined by the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. Of these, the following are eligible to hear appeals:

(The symbol + indicates a former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary)

Clark of Calton, B (26.2.2019)
Cullen of Whitekirk, L. (18.11.2010)
Hardie, L. (8.1.2016)
Irvine of Lairg, L. (23.6.2015)
Mackay of Drumadoon, L. (30.1.2016)

The date in brackets is the date after which the Lord of Appeal is disqualified from participating in judicial business. The date is set by the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993.

The following Lords of Appeal, having reached the statutory age limit, do not participate in judicial business:

+ Bingham of Cornhill, L
Butler-Sloss, B
+Browne-Wilkinson, L
Cameron of Lochbroom, L.
+ Goff of Chieveley, L.
+ Griffiths, L.
+ Hoffmann, L
+ Hutton, L.
+ Lloyd of Berwick, L.
+ Mackay of Clashfern, L.
McCluskey, L.
+ Millett, L
+ Mustill, L
+ Nicholls of Birkenhead, L.
+ Steyn, L.
+ Templeman, L.
+ Woolf, L

+ former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

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Associated Links

The Judicial Work of the House of Lords - House of Lords Information Office briefing papers series

Judicial Work page - archived information relating to the former judicial work of the House of Lords

Register of Interests - access the Register of Lords' Interests

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