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 Lords of Appeal in Ordinary appointed under section 6 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 were, in order of seniority:
  1. The Rt Hon. The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, PC
  2. The Rt Hon. The Lord Hope of Craighead, PC
  3. The Rt Hon. The Lord Saville of Newdigate, PC
  4. The Rt Hon. The Lord Scott of Foscote, PC
  5. The Rt Hon. The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, PC
  6. The Rt Hon. The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, PC
  7. The Rt Hon. The Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, PC
  8. The Rt Hon. The Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, PC
  9. The Rt Hon. The Lord Mance, PC
  10. The Rt Hon. The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, PC
  11. The Rt Hon. The Lord Collins of Mapesbury, PC
  12. The Rt Hon. The Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, PC

    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 of the House of Lords necessary to hear and determine judicial business were:
  1. The Rt Hon. The Baroness Clark of Calton
  2. The Rt Hon. The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk
  3. The Rt Hon. The Lord Hardie
  4. The Rt Hon. The Lord Irvine of Lairg
  5. The Rt Hon. The Lord Mackay of Drumadoon