(Not to be confused with Lord of Appeal (disambiguation), Lord Judge, Justice of Appeal (disambiguation), or Judge of Appeal.)(Not to be confused with Lady Justice.) A Lord Justice of Appeal is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice and the Crown Court, and represents the second highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales. Despite the title, and unlike the former Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, they are not necessarily peers.