Senior Law Lord

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The Senior Law Lord was the head of the United Kingdom’s appellate judiciary in the House of Lords, serving as the most senior of the Law Lords before the creation of the Supreme Court.

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Senior Law Lord canonical 4

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
leadership position ⓘ
abolishedBy Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ
apexCourtRoleIn House of Lords ⓘ
appointedBy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithReform separation of powers in the United Kingdom ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
effectiveAbolitionDate 1 October 2009 ⓘ
formallyAppointedBy Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
function head of the United Kingdom’s appellate judiciary in the House of Lords ⓘ
most senior judicial figure among the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ
symbolic leadership of the Law Lords ⓘ
heldBy Lord Bingham of Cornhill as first holder of the formal title ⓘ
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers as last holder of the office ⓘ
hierarchicalRank most senior Law Lord ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 21st century ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
lastOfficeholderEndDate 30 September 2009 ⓘ
legalStatus life peerage holder while in office ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
Northern Ireland law ⓘ
Scots law ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
notPartOf executive branch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legislative function of the House of Lords after judicial separation ⓘ
officeLocation Palace of Westminster ⓘ
partOf Appellate Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
positionHeldBy Lord Bingham of Cornhill ⓘ
Lord Browne-Wilkinson ⓘ
Lord Diplock ⓘ
Lord Goff of Chieveley ⓘ
Lord Hoffmann ⓘ
Lord Keith of Kinkel ⓘ
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers ⓘ
Lord Reid ⓘ
Lord Wilberforce ⓘ
predecessorOffice Lord Chancellor as head of the judiciary in the House of Lords ⓘ
replacedInPracticeBy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
responsibleFor administrative leadership of the Law Lords ⓘ
allocating appellate cases among Law Lords ⓘ
leading the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
presiding over important appeals ⓘ
scopeOfWork civil appeals ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ
public law appeals ⓘ
selectionCriteria seniority and judicial distinction among Law Lords ⓘ
successorOffice President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → subordinateTo → Senior Law Lord ⓘ
Thomas Henry Bingham → positionHeld → Senior Law Lord ⓘ
Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill → positionHeld → Senior Law Lord ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas