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Lord Atkin's famous statement about duty of care in the tort of negligence. Bell v Lever Brothers: 1932 A.C. 161 Mutual mistake at common law Hillas v Arcos: 1932 All E.R. 494 The court may imply terms into a contract based on the previous business dealings of the parties. Woolmington v DPP: 1935 A.C. 462 H.L.(E)
Traditionally the House of Lords did not elect its own speaker, unlike the House of Commons; rather, the ex officio presiding officer was the Lord Chancellor. With the passage of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, the post of Lord Speaker was created, a position to which a peer is elected by the House and subsequently appointed by the Crown.
The Trial of James Thomas, Earl of Cardigan before The Right Honourable The House of Peers, in Full Parliament, for Felony, On Tuesday the 16th Day of February 1841. William Brodie Gurney et al, London, 1841. First Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on The Trial of the Earl Russell. HL Paper 143 of session 1901.
John Francis McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith PC (born 4 October 1944), is a Scottish politician and life peer who has served as Lord Speaker, the presiding officer of the House of Lords, since 2021. He was a member of Parliament for the Labour and Co-operative Party from 1987 to 2010, first for Dumbarton and then from 2005 for West ...
Former Metropolitan Police Commander, Master of the Household to the former Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall at Clarence House: Lord Rowlands: 28 June 2004 Labour Life peer Former MP for Cardiff North (1966–1970), for Merthyr Tydfil (1972–1983) and for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (1983–2001) Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: 25 June 2004 ...
The House of Lords Act 1999 (c. 34) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament. The Act was given royal assent on 11 November 1999. [3] For centuries, the House of Lords had included several hundred members who inherited their seats (hereditary peers); the Act removed ...
The House of Lords Reform Act 2014 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. [1] The Act was a private member's bill.It received royal assent on 14 May 2014. The Act allows members of the House of Lords to retire or resign – actions previously constitutionally impossible for life peers.
Minister Portrait Office Portfolio The Rt Hon The Baroness Smith of Basildon PC: Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal: Management and delivery of the Government’s legislative programme (through the House of Lords) and facilitating the passage of individual bills; Leading the House (in the Chamber and as a key member of domestic committees to do with procedure ...