List of lords justices of appeal of Northern Ireland
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Template:Missing information The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal sits in the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast, 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 Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.<ref>Criminal Justice Review Main Report - The Structure of the Courts and the Judicial System</ref> The Judges who sit in this court are known as Lords Justices of Appeal.
Current Lords Justices
- Seamus Treacy, appointed November 2017<ref name="judiciary">List of Judiciary of Northern Ireland</ref><ref>Template:Belfast Gazette</ref>
- Bernard McCloskey, appointed 5 September 2019<ref name="judiciary"/>
- Mark Horner, appointed 5 September 2022<ref name="judiciary"/>
Living Former Lords Justices
this list is incomplete
- Sir Liam McCollum (appointed January 1997)<ref name="Hansard2004-06-15">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Sir Anthony Campbell (September 1998<ref name="Hansard2004-06-15"/>-August 2008)<ref name=CSNI2008-09-05>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- John Sheil (September 2004<ref>Template:Belfast Gazette</ref>-January 2007)<ref name=number10-2007-01-08/>
- Malachy Higgins (January 2007<ref name=CSNI2007-01-08>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="number10-2007-01-08">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>-June 2014)<ref>Tributes as Judge Malachy Higgins retires after 46 years, belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Accessed 8 January 2016.</ref>
- Paul Girvan (appointed January 2007)<ref name=CSNI2007-01-08/><ref name=number10-2007-01-08/>
- Patrick Coghlin (appointed September 2008)<ref name=CSNI2008-09-05/>
- John Gillen (September 2014-November 2017)<ref>The Rt Hon Lord Justice Gillen profile Template:Webarchive, nijac.gov.uk. Accessed 8 January 2016.</ref><ref name=CSNI2014-08-04>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Sir Ronald Weatherup (appointed September 2015)<ref name="Gazette2015">Template:Belfast Gazette</ref>
- Sir Reginald Weir (appointed September 2015)<ref name="Gazette2015"/>
- Donnell Deeny (appointed September 2017)<ref name="Gazette"/><ref name="Deeny">Top job for judge Deeny who once rubbed shoulders with U2, belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Accessed 26 April 2018.</ref>
- Ben Stephens, Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare (appointed September 2017<ref name="Gazette">Template:Belfast Gazette</ref>-October 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Paul Maguire (appointed 8 January 2021)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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