Brian Francis Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore, was a Northern Irish barrister and a senior judge. He held office as Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and then as a justice of the Supreme Court of
Kerr in 2016
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Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, colloquially known as Law Lords, were judges appointed to the House of Lords of the United Kingdom to carry out the House's judicial functions under the Appellate Jurisdic
Brian Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore
…some senses superior to the jury trial". As was usual for the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, he succeeded Lord Carswell as the Northern Irish Lord of Appeal in Ordinary upon the latter's retirement. On 29 June 2009, he was created Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore, of Tonaghmore in the County of Down, and was introduced to the…
Sir Colin Blackburn, the first law lord appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876.
Sir Brian Kerr, the last law lord appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876.