John Balcombe

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Sir (Alfred) John Balcombe (29 September 1925 - 9 June 2000) was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1985-95.

[edit] Early life

He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. During World War 2 he served in the Royal Signals from 1943 (discharged 1947).

[edit] Career

He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1950 (Bencher, 1977; Treasurer, 1999); he practised at the Chancery Bar, 1951-77. He was appointed a QC in 1969. He was a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Family Division, 1977-85. He was a Judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, 1983-85.

He was a member of the Bar council, 1967-71.

He was knighted in 1977 and made a Privy Councillor in 1985.

[edit] Other positions held

• Member, Steering Committee for Revenue, Tax Law Rewrite, 1997-98.
• Chairman, London Marriage Guidance Council, 1982-88.
• President, SW London Branch, Magistrates' Association, 1993-2000.
• President, The Maccabaeans, 1990-2000.
• Master, Company of Tin Plate Workers, 1971-72.
• Senior Grand Warden, United Grand Lodge of England of the Freemasons, 1996-98.
• Honorary Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1996