text: who are law lords?   the law lords are the uk's supreme court of appeal (i.e. when you are exhausting the legal process, this is the last court you can go to within the uk). they are all qualified fulltime judges and sit in the lords. their word is not always necessarily the last word and they can refer cases back down or to the eu court system. if the buck stops with them, their judgement can set precedent and change law already on the statute books.  check out any website on uk parliament or look up law lords - should give you some more info.