List of lords of appeal

This is a list of the last Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and other Lords of Appeal before the judicial functions of the House of Lords ended in 2009.

Last Lords of Appeal in Ordinary As of 30 September 2009, (the day before their functions were transferred to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom), the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary appointed under section 6 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 were, in order of seniority:

Law LordServed fromServed untilMandatoryretirementDeathPrior senior judicial rolesThe Lord Phillips of Worth MatraversCreated a Life peer under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876.(Senior Lord)12 January30 September21 JanuaryThe Lord Hope of CraigheadCreated a Life peer under the Life Peerages Act 1958.(Second Senior Lord)1 October26 June27 JuneThe Lord Saville of Newdigate28 July30 September20 MarchThe Lord Scott of Foscote17 July30 September2 OctoberThe Lord Rodger of Earlsferry1 October26 June18 September26 JuneThe Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe1 October17 March17 March16 NovemberThe Baroness Hale of Richmond12 January11 January31 JanuaryThe Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood13 January9 April9 April7 JulyThe Lord Mance3 October6 June6 JuneThe Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury11 January4 September10 JanuaryThe Lord Collins of Mapesbury20 April7 May7 MayThe Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore29 June30 September22 February1 December

Last Lords of Appeal As of 30 September 2009, the other Lords of Appeal who were, by virtue of sections 5 & 25 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876, eligible to form the quorum (3) of the House of Lords necessary to hear and determine judicial business were: The date in parentheses is the date after which the Lord of Appeal is disqualified from participating in judicial business. The date is set by the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993. Eligible Lords

Lord ChancellorServed fromServed untilMandatoryretirementDeathPrior senior judicial rolesThe Lord Mackay of Clashfern28 October2 May2 JulyThe Lord Irvine of Lairg2 May12 June23 JuneNoneThe Lord Falconer of Thoroton12 June27 June19 NovemberNoneLaw LordServed fromServed untilMandatoryretirementDeathPrior senior judicial rolesThe Lord Goff of Chieveley(Senior Lord)6 February30 September12 November14 AugustThe Lord Browne-Wilkinson(Senior Lord)1 October5 June30 March25 JulyThe Lord Bingham of Cornhill(Senior Lord)6 June30 September13 October11 SeptemberThe Lord Templeman30 September30 September3 March4 JuneThe Lord Griffiths23 May30 September26 September30 MayThe Lord Mustill10 January21 March10 May24 AprilThe Lord Woolf1 October4 June2 MayThe Lord Lloyd of Berwick1 October31 December9 May8 December The Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead3 October10 January25 January25 SeptemberThe Lord Steyn11 January1 October15 August28 NovemberThe Lord Hoffmann21 February21 April8 MayThe Lord Hutton6 January11 January29 June14 JulyThe Lord Millett1 October11 January23 June27 MayThe Lord Carswell12 January28 June28 June4 MayEngland and WalesServed fromServed untilMandatoryretirementDeathPrior senior judicial rolesThe Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony3 October30 September13 MayThe Lady Butler-Sloss13 June10 August10 AugustThe Lord Judge1 October30 September19 May7 NovemberScotlandServed fromServed untilMandatoryretirementDeathPrior senior judicial rolesThe Lord McCluskey29 September12 June12 June20 JulyThe Lord Cameron of Lochbroom13 June13 June13 June28 JanuaryThe Lord Mackay of Drumadoon13 December30 September30 January 21 AugustThe Lord Hardie21 May30 September8 JanuaryThe Lord Cullen of Whitekirk17 June30 September18 NovemberThe Baroness Clark of Calton21 June30 September26 February

See also Judicial functions of the House of Lords

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