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.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

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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Referenced by (72)

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
Sir John Laws → positionHeld → Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal
Sir John Laws → title → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
John Widgery, Baron Widgery → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Lord Millett → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Sir Malcolm Pill → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Sir David Lloyd Jones → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Sir John Thomas → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir John Thomas (judge)
Sir Nicholas Green → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir Nicholas Green (judge)
Gary Hickinbottom → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir Gary Hickinbottom (judge)
Gary Hickinbottom → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir Gary Hickinbottom
Gary Hickinbottom → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir Gary Hickinbottom
linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal
Gary Hickinbottom → title → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir Gary Hickinbottom
Sir John Thomas → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Alfred Thompson Denning → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Igor Judge → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Johann Christiaan Steyn → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
David Lloyd Jones → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Jonathan Hugh Mance → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Thomas Henry Bingham → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury → appointedAs → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Lord Clarke → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Lord Wilson → positionHeld → Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ