Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson
| The Right Honourable The Lord Browne-Wilkinson PC | |
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| Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 1998 – 5 June 2000 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Lord Goff of Chieveley |
| Succeeded by | Lord Bingham of Cornhill |
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 1 October 1991 – 5 June 2000 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Brandon of Oakbrook |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Bingham of Cornhill |
| Vice-Chancellor | |
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In office 1985 – 1 October 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Robert Megarry |
| Succeeded by | Sir Donald Nicholls |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson 30 March 1930 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Barrister |
Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson, PC (born 30 March 1930)[1] 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.[2]
He was educated at Lancing 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. He retired from the House of Lords on 1 March 2016.[3]
Lord Browne-Wilkinson delivered the Privy Council rulings for Tan Te Lam v Superintendent of Tai A Chau Detention Centre (a Vietnamese refugee centre in Hong Kong and under British administration when the incident occurred) in 1997. The rulings have since been used in immigration cases globally.[4]
Judgments
Decisions of Browne-Wilkinson include:
- Johnstone v Bloomsbury HA [1992] QB 333, [1991] 2 WLR 1362, [1991] 2 All ER 293 - English Contract law case, concerning implied terms and unfair terms under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.
- Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington LBC [1996] UKHL 12 English Trust law
References
- ↑ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
Lord Browne–Wilkinson, a former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 82
- ↑ "Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson". The Peerage. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ↑ "Retired members of the House of Lords". parliament.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ Al Masri v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1009 (15 August 2002); accessed 22 March 2016.
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| Preceded by Sir Robert Megarry |
Vice-Chancellor 1985–1991 |
Succeeded by Sir Donald Nicholls |
| Preceded by The Lord Goff of Chieveley |
Senior Law Lord 1998–2000 |
Succeeded by The Lord Bingham of Cornhill |