List of Lords of Appeal

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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

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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 (Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain)
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