Colin Rimer
Sir Colin Percy Farquharson Rimer (born 30 January 1944) is a retired English judge of the Court of Appeal.
Education
He was educated at Dulwich College from 1954 to 1962[1] and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Legal career
Rimer was called to the bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1968 and made a Bencher in 1994. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1988. He was appointed a Justice of the High Court on 3 October 1994[2] and was assigned to the Chancery Division. On 1 October 2007, he became a Lord Justice of Appeal,[3] on the retirement of Robin Auld.[4] He retired on 7 October 2014.[5]
Cases
- Hunter v Moss [1994] 1 WLR 452
- Gencor ACP Ltd v Dalby [2000] 2 BCLC 734
- Sinclair Investment Holdings SA v Versailles Trade Finance (No. 3) [2007] EWHC 915
- Consistent Group Ltd v Kalwak [2008] EWCA Civ 430
- Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 644 (overturned)
- Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 183 (overturned)
- Re Sigma Finance Corporation [2008] EWCA Civ 1303
- Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 361
- O'Donnell v Shanahan [2009] EWCA Civ 751
- Williams v British Airways plc [2009] EWCA Civ 281 (overturned)
- Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Alemo-Herron [2010] EWCA Civ 24
- Jones v Kernott [2010] EWCA Civ 578 (overturned)
- Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Banerjee [2011] 1 WLR 702
- Petrodel Resources Ltd v Prest [2012] EWCA Civ 1395 (overturned)
References
- ↑ http://www.dulwich.org.uk/client_files/doc_docs/Alleynian/ALLEYNIAN680.pdf
- ↑ The London Gazette: /page/14001 no. issue53811 . p. 14001. 6 October 1994.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 58479. p. 14783. 12 October 2007.
- ↑ "Colin Rimer appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal" (Press release). Number10.gov.uk. 3 July 2007. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ↑ Court of Appeal: Retirement of Lord Justice Rimer