Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
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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
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.
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
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
…to sit and vote in Parliament even after retirement from office. The last person to be made a law lord under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 was Sir Brian Kerr on 29 June 2009. On 1 October 2009, the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 was repealed by Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 owing to the…
Kerr in 2016