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, hearing appeals on points of law in criminal and civil cases from all courts. It is the highest court in Northern Ireland, subject to review only by the
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. The Judges who sit in this court are known as Lords Justices of Appeal.


Current Lords Justices

*The Honourable Lord Justice Treacy, appointed November 2017List of Judiciary of Northern Ireland
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Living Former Lords Justices

''this list is incomplete'' * The Rt Hon Lord Justice Carswell 1993-1997 *The Rt Hon Lord Justice Nicholson, April 1995 - January 2007 *The Rt Hon Lord Justice McCollum, appointed January 1997 *The Rt Hon Lord Justice Campbell, September 1998 - August 2008 *The Rt Hon Lord Justice Sheil - September 2004 - January 2007 * The Rt Hon Lord Justice Higgins, January 2007 - June 2014 * The Rt Hon Lord Justice Girvan, appointed January 2007 * The Rt Hon Lord Justice Coghlin, appointed September 2008 * The Rt Hon Lord Justice Gillen, September 2014-November 2017 *The Rt Hon Lord Justice Weatherup, appointed September 2015 *The Rt Hon Lord Justice Weir, appointed September 2015 * The Rt Hon Lord Justice Deeny, appointed September 2017Top job for judge Deeny who once rubbed shoulders with U2
belfasttelegraph.co.uk; accessed 26 April 2018 *The Rt Hon Lord Justice Stephens, appointed September 2017-October 2020 *The Rt Hon Lord Justice Maguire, appointed 8 January 2021


See also

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Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland is a judge who is the appointed official holding office as President of the Courts of Northern Ireland and is head of the Judiciary of Northern Ireland. The present Lord Chief Justice of Northern Irel ...
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List of High Court Judges of Northern Ireland This is a list of High Court judges of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the islan ...


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