Earl of Antrim's Petition; Committee for Priveleges

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1966
Year1966
CourtHouse of Lords (England)
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1 books & journal articles
  • Withdrawn: Knighthoods and the Order of Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 48-3, September 2020
    • 1 September 2020
    ...exception, and if so it may well be the exception that proves the rule, foraccording to their Lordships in Re Earl of Antrim’s Petition [1967] 1 AC 691, 716, 719, Ireland has simply ceased toexist (and therefore can no longer be represented in the House of Lords), making its lack of an hono......
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  • House of Lords Act 1999
    • United Kingdom
    • UK Non-devolved
    • 1 January 1999
    ...time of the passing of that Act remained members until their death (see The Petition of the Earl of Antrim and eleven other Irish peers [1967] A.C. p. 691). The House of Lords Act does not change the position of peers of Ireland. 2 Section 6 (1) makes it clear that ‘hereditary peerage’ incl......

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