Lord Justice of Appeal

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A Lord Justice of Appeal is a senior judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales who hears appeals in significant civil and criminal cases.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate judge
judicial office
senior judge
appointedBy monarch of the United Kingdom
appointmentOnAdviceOf Lord Chancellor
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
linked to: Prime Minister
belongsToBranch judiciary of England and Wales
canSitWith Lady Justice of Appeal
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Master of the Rolls
collectiveBody Lords Justices of Appeal
country United Kingdom
courtBuilding Royal Courts of Justice
courtType appellate court
decisionMakingMode usually sits in panels of three judges
eligibleFrom experienced High Court judge
senior legal practitioner
governingStatute Senior Courts Act 1981
hasAbbreviation LJ (for a single judge)
LJJ (for multiple judges)
hasPower clarify points of law
order retrials
reverse lower court decisions
uphold lower court decisions
hasRetirementAge 70
hasTitleInFull Lord Justice of Appeal of England and Wales
hears civil appeals
criminal appeals
significant cases
hearsAppealsFrom Crown Court
High Court of Justice
certain tribunals
historicalPredecessor Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
jurisdiction England and Wales
languageOfProceedings English
legalSystem common law
location London
linked to: London, England
memberOf Senior Courts of England and Wales
partOf Court of Appeal of England and Wales
positionIn Civil Division of the Court of Appeal
Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal
postNominal LJ
primaryFunction hear appeals from lower courts
rankAbove High Court judge
rankBelow Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
requiresRecommendationFrom Judicial Appointments Commission
styleOfAddress Lady Justice
Lord Justice
symbolOfOffice judicial wig (ceremonial)
wears judicial robes

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

Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland hasJudgeTitle Lord Justice of Appeal
judiciary of England and Wales hasJudgeType Lord Justice of Appeal
Cyril Asquith positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Dame Anne Rafferty positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal (England and Wales)
subject linked to: Dame Anne Rafferty (former)
linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Denning positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Judge positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Steyn positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Hoffmann positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Bingham of Cornhill positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Dyson positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Mance positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Woolf positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Saville of Newdigate positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Scott of Foscote positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Goff of Chieveley positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales canSitWith Lord Justices of Appeal
subject linked to: Civil Division
linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal
Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales includesMembers Lords Justices of Appeal
subject linked to: Criminal Division
linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal
Judiciary of Northern Ireland hasJudgeType Lords Justices of Appeal
linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Justice genderedForm Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Justice of Appeal collectiveBody Lords Justices of Appeal
linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal
The Right Honourable Lady Justice contrastsWith The Right Honourable Lord Justice
linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal
Family Division of the High Court hasJudgeType Lord Justice of Appeal (when sitting in the Division)
linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal
Geoffrey Lawrence positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Sir John Woodward Green positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Sir William Hodge positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal
Sir William Hodge positionHeld Lord Justice of Appeal of England and Wales
linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal