Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson

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Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson, PC (born 30 March 1930) is a former Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the United Kingdom and former Head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court.

He was educated at Lancing College and at Magdalen College, Oxford.

He was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was created a life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, of Camden in the London Borough of Camden, on 1 October 1991.

Lord Browne-Wilkinson delivered the Privy Council rulings for Tan Te Lam v Superintendent of Tai A Chau Detention Centre in 1997. The rulings have since been used in immigration cases globally[1].

[edit] Offices held

Legal offices
Preceded by
The Lord Goff
Senior Law Lord
19982000
Succeeded by
The Lord Bingham

[edit] References

  1. ^ Al Masri v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1009 (15 August 2002)