UKHL

E780101

UKHL refers to the United Kingdom House of Lords in its former capacity as the highest appellate court in the UK before the creation of the Supreme Court.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
UKHL canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf law report series ⓘ
legal citation abbreviation ⓘ
appliesTo decisions of the House of Lords sitting as the highest appellate court ⓘ
appliesToCourtType appellate court ⓘ
associatedWith Appellate Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
Law Lords ⓘ
linked to: law lord
ceasedUseReason transfer of appellate jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
citationJurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
citationType neutral citation ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
courtLevel final court of appeal ⓘ
formatExample [year] UKHL case-number ⓘ
governingBody House of Lords ⓘ
introducedBy Practice Direction on Citation of Authorities (2001) ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
Northern Ireland law ⓘ
Scots law ⓘ
notableChange introduced as part of the neutral citation system for UK courts ⓘ
predecessor House of Lords as final court of appeal ⓘ
refersTo Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ⓘ
relatedTo House of Lords ⓘ
UKSC ⓘ
replaced AC law report citation for House of Lords decisions in official neutral citations ⓘ
replacedBy UKSC ⓘ
scope civil appeals ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ
standsFor United Kingdom House of Lords ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords
successor Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
timePeriodEnd 2009 ⓘ
timePeriodStart 2001 ⓘ
usedBy judges ⓘ
law students ⓘ
lawyers ⓘ
legal academics ⓘ
usedFor neutral citation of House of Lords judgments ⓘ
usedIn United Kingdom case law citations ⓘ
common law legal systems ⓘ

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

EWCA → distinguishedFrom → UKHL ⓘ