Lords of Appeal in Ordinary: Apportionment of Work

HL Deb 11 June 1999 vol 601 c175WA

Lord Lester of Herne Hill

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What proportion of work done by Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, for each of the past three years, has been spent on (a) appeals to the House of Lords and (b) Commonwealth appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. [HL2700]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)

The table below shows the number of appeals determined in each jurisdiction in each year and the number of days each jurisdiction sat to hear appeals. The table does not:

1. (i) account for time spent by Lords of Appeal in Ordinary in determining petitions for leave to appeal/applications for special leave;
2. (ii) account for Privy Council appeals brought under, for example, the Medical Act 1983; and
3. (iii) distinguish between Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and others qualified to sit judicially in the House of Lords and Privy Council.

	House of Lords	Privy Council
Year	Determined	Days sat	Determined	Days sat
1998	58	114	50	72
1997	71	113	75	104
1996	58	119	71	97
1995	67	116	56	84