List of Lords of Appeal
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As of 8 September 2006, the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary appointed under section 6 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 are, in order of seniority:
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Bingham of Cornhill, KG, PC (Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary)
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, PC (Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary)
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Hoffmann, PC
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Hope of Craighead, PC
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Saville of Newdigate, PC
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Scott of Foscote, PC
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, PC
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, PC
- The Rt Hon. The Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, PC
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Carswell, PC
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, PC
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Mance, PC
As of 8 September 2006, 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:
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Clyde
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Falconer of Thoroton, PC (Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain)
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Hardie
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Irvine of Lairg
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Mackay of Drumadoon
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Millett
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers (Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales)
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Steyn
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Woolf
- See also: Judicial functions of the House of Lords
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