List of Lords of Appeal

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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 Lord Served from Served until Mandatory
retirement		 Death Prior senior judicial roles
The Rt Hon. The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, PC (Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary) 12 January 1999 30 September 2012 21 January 2013 Lord Justice of Appeal (1995–1999)
Justice of the High Court, QBD (1987–1995)
The Rt Hon. The Lord Hope of Craighead, PC (Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary) 1 October 1996 26 June 2013 27 June 2013 Senator of the College of Justice:
Inner House (1989–1996)
The Rt Hon. The Lord Saville of Newdigate, PC 28 July 1997 30 September 2010 20 March 2011 Lord Justice of Appeal (1994–1997)
Justice of the High Court, QBD (1985–1993)
The Rt Hon. The Lord Scott of Foscote, PC 17 July 2000 30 September 2009 2 October 2009 Vice Chancellor of the High Court (1994–2000)
Lord Justice of Appeal (1991–1994)
Justice of the High Court, CD (1983–1991)
The Rt Hon. The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, PC 1 October 2001 26 June 2011 18 September 2019 26 June 2011 Senator of the College of Justice:
Inner House (1996–2001)
(1995–1996)
The Rt Hon. The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, PC 1 October 2002 17 March 2013 17 March 2013 Lord Justice of Appeal (1997–2002)
Justice of the High Court, CD (1984–1997)
The Rt Hon. The Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, PC 12 January 2004 11 January 2020 31 January 2020 Lord Justice of Appeal (1999–2003)
Justice of the High Court, FD (1994–1999)
The Rt Hon. The Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, PC 13 January 2004 9 April 2012 9 April 2012 Lord Justice of Appeal (1992–2004)
Justice of the High Court, QBD (1984–1992)
The Rt Hon. The Lord Mance, PC 3 October 2005 6 June 2018 6 June 2018 Lord Justice of Appeal (1999–2005)
Justice of the High Court, QBD (1993–1999)
The Rt Hon. The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, PC 11 January 2007 4 September 2017 10 January 2018 Lord Justice of Appeal (2004–2007)
Justice of the High Court, CD (1996–1997)
The Rt Hon. The Lord Collins of Mapesbury, PC 20 April 2009 7 May 2011 7 May 2011 Lord Justice of Appeal (2004–2007)
Justice of the High Court, CD (1996–1997)
The Rt Hon. The Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, PC 29 June 2009 30 September 2020 22 February 2023 1 December 2020 Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (2004–2009)
Justice of the High Court (NI) (1993–2003)

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:

  1. The Rt Hon. The Baroness Clark of Calton (26 February 2019)
  2. The Rt Hon. The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk (18 November 2010)
  3. The Rt Hon. The Lord Hardie (8 January 2016)
  4. The Rt Hon. The Lord Mackay of Drumadoon (30 January 2016)

  Eligible Lords

Lord Chancellor Served from Served until Mandatory
retirement		 Death Prior senior judicial roles
The Rt Hon. The Lord Mackay of Clashfern, KT, PC 28 October 1987 2 May 1997 2 July 2002
The Rt Hon. The Lord Irvine of Lairg, PC 2 May 1997 12 June 2003 23 June 2015 None
The Rt Hon. The Lord Falconer of Thoroton, PC 12 June 2003 27 June 2007 19 November 2026 None
Law Lord Served from Served until Mandatory
retirement		 Death Prior senior judicial roles
The Rt Hon. The Lord Goff of Chieveley, PC (Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary) 6 February 1986 30 September 1998 12 November 2001 14 August 2016
The Rt Hon. The Lord Browne-Wilkinson, PC (Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary) 1 October 1991 5 June 2000 30 March 2005 25 July 2018
The Rt Hon. The Lord Bingham of Cornhill, KG, PC (Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary) 6 June 2000 30 September 2008 13 October 2008 11 September 2010
The Rt Hon. The Lord Templeman, MBE, PC 30 September 1982 30 September 1994 3 March 1995 4 June 2014 1972 CD, 1978 Appeal
The Rt Hon. The Lord Griffiths, MC, PC 23 May 1985 30 September 1993 26 September 1998 30 May 2015 1971 QBD, 1980 Appeal
The Rt Hon. The Lord Mustill, PC 10 January 1992 21 March 1997 10 May 2006 24 April 2015 1978 QBD, 1985 Appeal
The Rt Hon. The Lord Woolf, PC 1 October 1992 4 June 1996 2 May 2008 1979 QBD, 1986 Appeal, 1996 MR, 2000 LCJ
The Rt Hon. The Lord Lloyd of Berwick, PC 1 October 1993 31 December 1998 9 May 2004 1978 QBD, 1984 Appeal
The Rt Hon. The Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, PC 3 October 1994 10 January 2007 25 January 2008 25 September 2019 1983 CD, 1986 Appeal, 1991 Vice Chancellor of the High Court
The Rt Hon. The Lord Steyn, PC 11 January 1995 1 October 2005 15 August 2007 28 November 2017 1985 QBD, 1992 Appeal
The Rt Hon. The Lord Hoffmann, PC 21 February 1995 21 April 2009 8 May 2009 1985 CD, 1992 Appeal
The Rt Hon. The Lord Hutton, PC 6 January 1997 11 January 2004 29 June 2007 14 July 2020 1979 High Court (NI), 1989 LCJ (NI)
The Rt Hon. The Lord Millett, PC 1 October 1998 11 January 2004 23 June 2007 1986 CD, 1994 Appeal
The Rt Hon. The Lord Carswell, PC 12 January 2004 28 June 2009 28 June 2009 1984 High Court (NI), 1993 Appeal (NI), 1997 LCJ (NI)
England and Wales Served from Served until Mandatory
retirement		 Death Prior senior judicial roles
The Rt Hon. The Lord Judge, PC, LCJ 1 October 2008 30 September 2013 2005–2008 President of the Queen's Bench Division
2003–2005
1998–2003 Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales
1988 QBD, 1996 Appeal
The Rt Hon. The Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, PC, MR 3 October 2005 30 September 2009 13 May 2018
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Scotland Served from Served until Mandatory
retirement		 Death Prior senior judicial roles
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See also[]

Judicial functions of the House of Lords

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