Colin Rimer

Sir Colin Percy Farquharson Rimer (born 30 January 1944) was, until 2014, a judge of the English Court of Appeal.

Education

He was educated at Dulwich College from 1954 to 1962^[1] and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

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]

Hunter v Moss [1994] 1 WLR 452 (overturned on reasoning)
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 (reversed by Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher [2011] UKSC 41)
Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 644
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)
Hounga v Allen [2014] UKSC 47 (overturned)

↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2007.
↑ "No. 53811". The London Gazette. 6 October 1994. p. 14001.
↑ "No. 58479". The London Gazette. 12 October 2007. p. 14783.
↑ "Colin Rimer appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal" (Press release). Number10.gov.uk. 3 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
↑ Court of Appeal: Retirement of Lord Justice Rimer

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