UKHL

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UKHL
Stands forHouse of Lords (Appellate Committee)
CategoriesLaw & Legal

UKHL stands for House of Lords (Appellate Committee), a court abbreviation.

Neutral citation code for judgments of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords, the UK's highest court until 2009, in the form [2004] UKHL 56. Law Lords sat as a committee of Parliament's upper chamber and delivered "speeches" rather than judgments.

Example: Counsel relied on A v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] UKHL 56 throughout the hearing.

Usage notes

Neutral citations for the House of Lords began in 2001; earlier decisions are cited only to law reports such as AC. When the UK Supreme Court opened in 2009, the serving Law Lords became its first justices.

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