List of Lords of Appeal

As of 11 January 2007, the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary appointed under section 6 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 are, in order of seniority:

1. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Bingham of Cornhill, KG, PC (Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary)
2. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Hoffmann, PC (Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary)
3. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Hope of Craighead, PC
4. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Saville of Newdigate, PC
5. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Scott of Foscote, PC
6. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, PC
7. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, PC
8. The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, PC
9. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Carswell, PC
10. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, PC
11. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mance, PC
12. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, PC

As of 11 January 2007, the other Lords of Appeal who are, 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 are:

1. The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Butler-Sloss
2. The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Clark of Calton
3. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Clyde
4. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk
5. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Falconer of Thoroton
6. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Hardie
7. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Irvine of Lairg
8. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mackay of Drumadoon
9. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Millett
10. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
11. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers (Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales)
12. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Steyn
13. The Rt. Hon. The Lord Woolf

See also: Judicial functions of the House of Lords

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