Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

E74062

judicial office life peerage

A Lord of Appeal in Ordinary was a senior judge appointed to serve as a life peer in the UK’s House of Lords, acting as one of the highest appellate judges before the creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary canonical	15
Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary	2
Lord of Appeal	1
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (House of Lords)	1
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord)	1
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords	1
Lord of Appeal in the Supreme Courts	1
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary to be persons who had held high judicial office	1
Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T590892 — 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: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Context triple: [Lord, usedInTitle, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary]

A. Court of Appeal of England and Wales
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales is a senior appellate court that reviews civil and criminal cases from lower courts and tribunals within England and Wales.
B. Second Petty Bench
The Second Petty Bench is one of the smaller panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a portion of the Court’s appellate caseload, particularly in civil and administrative matters.
C. Third Petty Bench
The Third Petty Bench is one of the small specialized panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a subset of the court’s appellate caseload.
D. Court of Final Appeal
The Court of Final Appeal is Hong Kong’s highest appellate court, serving as the ultimate authority on legal and constitutional matters in the territory.
E. Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the second-highest judicial officer in the UK’s top court, assisting the President in leading the court’s work and often presiding over important cases.
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: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Target entity description: A Lord of Appeal in Ordinary was a senior judge appointed to serve as a life peer in the UK’s House of Lords, acting as one of the highest appellate judges before the creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

A. Court of Appeal of England and Wales
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales is a senior appellate court that reviews civil and criminal cases from lower courts and tribunals within England and Wales.
B. Second Petty Bench
The Second Petty Bench is one of the smaller panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a portion of the Court’s appellate caseload, particularly in civil and administrative matters.
C. Third Petty Bench
The Third Petty Bench is one of the small specialized panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a subset of the court’s appellate caseload.
D. Court of Final Appeal
The Court of Final Appeal is Hong Kong’s highest appellate court, serving as the ultimate authority on legal and constitutional matters in the territory.
E. Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the second-highest judicial officer in the UK’s top court, assisting the President in leading the court’s work and often presiding over important cases.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office ⓘ life peerage ⓘ
abolishedBy	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Law Lord ⓘ Lord of Appeal ⓘ linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
appliesToJurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
appointedBy	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Prime Minister
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime	2009 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	judiciary ⓘ law ⓘ
function	act as final court of appeal for most UK cases ⓘ develop common law ⓘ hear appeals from lower courts ⓘ interpret statutes ⓘ
grants	life peerage ⓘ
grantsMembership	House of Lords ⓘ
hasHouse	House of Lords ⓘ
hasLegalAuthorityOver	appeals ⓘ civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
hasRank	life peer ⓘ senior judge ⓘ
hasRole	law lord ⓘ
historicalPeriod	20th century ⓘ early 21st century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel	court of last resort ⓘ
legalBasis	Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 ⓘ
locatedIn	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ
officeAbolishedOn	2009-10-01 ⓘ
partOf	Appellate Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ linked to: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council House of Lords ⓘ
replacedBy	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
requiredQualification	senior judicial experience ⓘ
retirementAge	70 or 75 depending on appointment date ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	United Kingdom-wide appeals in civil matters ⓘ United Kingdom-wide appeals in criminal matters (with some exceptions) ⓘ
startTime	1876 ⓘ
style	The Lord ⓘ linked to: Lord
subordinateTo	Lord Chancellor (historically) ⓘ linked to: Lord Chancellor of England Senior Law Lord ⓘ
termLength	life tenure as peer ⓘ
titleLanguage	English ⓘ
workLocation	Appellate Committee room ⓘ House of Lords chamber ⓘ Palace of Westminster ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Lord → usedInTitle → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → replaces → Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → predecessorOffice → Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Cyril Radcliffe → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → alsoKnownAs → Lord of Appeal ⓘ

linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Cyril Asquith → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Sidney Rowlatt → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord Steyn → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord Collins of Mapesbury → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord Bingham of Cornhill → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Baroness Hale of Richmond → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Baroness Hale of Richmond → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord) ⓘ

linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Baroness Hale of Richmond → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (House of Lords) ⓘ

linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Lord Hodge → title → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in the Supreme Courts ⓘ

linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Lord Hope of Craighead → positionHeld → Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe → positionHeld → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

subject linked to: Baron Radcliffe

Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 → createdOffice → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 → requiredQualification → Lords of Appeal in Ordinary to be persons who had held high judicial office ⓘ

linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → replaced → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ

Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → predecessorOffice → Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ

linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

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Referenced by (24)

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