Law Lords

Westminster Hall was also hit, along with the House of Lords, the Royal Gallery and Law Lords Corridor, in addition to landmarks, such as Westminster Abbey, Lambeth Palace and the Tower of London.

Pinochet was held for 17 months while Britain’s law lords twice approved extradition to Spain.

Under a 1997 agreement, Britain has provided two serving law lords to sit on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.

For centuries, the highest court in the land was a committee of twelve peers, the Law Lords, who sat in Parliament and were part of the legislature.

It was only after a campaign that received support from high-profile politicians and law lords that the Guildford Four were finally released.