The Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (
39 & 40 Vict. c. 59) was an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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that altered the
judicial functions of the House of Lords
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by allowing senior judges to sit in the
House of Lords
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as
life peer
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s with the rank of
baron
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, known as
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House of ...
. The first person to be made a
law lord
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House of ...
under its terms was
Sir Colin Blackburn on 16 October 1876, who became ''Baron Blackburn''.
The Act was repealed by the
Constitutional Reform Act 2005
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, relevant to UK constitutional law. It provides for a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to take over the previous appellate jurisdiction of the Law ...
,
[The ]Constitutional Reform Act 2005
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, relevant to UK constitutional law. It provides for a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to take over the previous appellate jurisdiction of the Law ...
, section
145
an
146
and Schedule 17
paragraph 9
and Schedule 18
Part 5
/ref> which transferred the judicial functions from the House of Lords to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (initialism: UKSC) is the final court of appeal for all civil cases in the United Kingdom and all criminal cases originating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as some limited criminal cases ...
. Following the creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the practice of appointing Lords of Appeal in Ordinary was discontinued. The last person to be made a law lord was Sir Brian Kerr on 29 June 2009, who became ''Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore''.
LordBlackburn (cropped).jpg, Sir Colin Blackburn (1813–1896), the first law lord
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House of ...
appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876
File:Lord-Kerr.jpg, Sir Brian Kerr (1949–2020), the last law lord
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House of ...
appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876
See also
* Appellate Jurisdiction Act
* Judicature Act
* List of law life peerages and List of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
Further reading
*Robert William Andrews and Arbuthnot Butler Stoney. The Supreme Court of Judicature Acts, and the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876
Fourth Edition
Reeves & Turner. Chancery Lane, London. 1885
Second Edition
1883.
*M D Chalmers, assisted by Herbert Lush-Wilson. Wilson's Supreme Court of Judicature Acts, Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, Rules of Court and Forms
Third Edition
Stevens and Sons. Chancery Lane, London. 1882.
*William Downes Griffith and Richard Loveland Loveland. The Supreme Court of Judicature Acts, 1873, 1875, & 1877: The Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876
Second Edition
Stevens and Haynes. Bell Yard, Temple Bar, London. 1877.
*William Thomas Charley. The New System of Practice and Pleading Under the Supreme Court of Judicature Acts, 1873, 1875, 1877, The Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, and the Rules of the Supreme Court
Third Edition
Waterlow and Sons. London. 1877.
References
External links
*
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1876
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning the House of Lords
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