The Right Honourable Lady Justice

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judicial title style of address

The Right Honourable Lady Justice is the formal judicial title used for female judges serving in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Lady Justice of Appeal	3
Lady Justice of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales	1
Lady Justices of Appeal	1
The Right Honourable Lady Justice canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1953121 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Right Honourable Lady Justice
Context triple: [Court of Appeal of England and Wales, styleOfJudges, The Right Honourable Lady Justice]

A. Lord Justice General
The Lord Justice General is the senior judge who serves as the head of Scotland’s criminal judiciary and presides over its supreme criminal court.
B. Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel is a prestigious rank of senior barrister in some Commonwealth legal systems, recognizing exceptional advocacy and expertise in the law.
C. Lord Woolf
Lord Woolf is a prominent British jurist who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and is noted for major reforms to the civil justice system.
D. Lord Judge
Lord Judge is a prominent British jurist who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
E. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury is a British judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2017.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Right Honourable Lady Justice
Target entity description: The Right Honourable Lady Justice is the formal judicial title used for female judges serving in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

A. Lord Justice General
The Lord Justice General is the senior judge who serves as the head of Scotland’s criminal judiciary and presides over its supreme criminal court.
B. Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel is a prestigious rank of senior barrister in some Commonwealth legal systems, recognizing exceptional advocacy and expertise in the law.
C. Lord Woolf
Lord Woolf is a prominent British jurist who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and is noted for major reforms to the civil justice system.
D. Lord Judge
Lord Judge is a prominent British jurist who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
E. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury is a British judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2017.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial title ⓘ style of address ⓘ
addressedAs	My Lady ⓘ
appliesToOfficeHolder	female Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
appliesToRole	Lady Justice of Appeal ⓘ linked to: The Right Honourable Lady Justice
associatedWith	Privy Counsellor ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judiciary ⓘ
category	British honorifics ⓘ Judicial titles ⓘ Titles in the United Kingdom ⓘ
contrastsWith	The Right Honourable Lord Justice ⓘ linked to: Lord Justice of Appeal
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
courtLevel	appellate court ⓘ
formalTitleFor	female judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
genderSpecification	female ⓘ
honorificComponent	Lady Justice ⓘ
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable ⓘ
jurisdictionType	civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ Welsh law ⓘ
legalTradition	common law ⓘ
notUsedFor	High Court judges ⓘ Supreme Court justices ⓘ
partOf	judicial titles in the United Kingdom ⓘ
requiresStatus	membership of the Privy Council ⓘ
shortForm	Lady Justice ⓘ
titleScope	Court of Appeal only ⓘ
usedByCourt	Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ
usedFor	court proceedings ⓘ formal judicial documents ⓘ official announcements ⓘ
usedIn	United Kingdom appellate judiciary ⓘ linked to: courts of the United Kingdom
usedInJurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Court of Appeal of England and Wales → styleOfJudges → The Right Honourable Lady Justice ⓘ

Dame Anne Rafferty → positionHeld → Lady Justice of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ

subject linked to: Dame Anne Rafferty (former)