Nick Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson
The Lord Browne-Wilkinson | |
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Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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 | |
In office 1 October 1991 – 5 June 2000 | |
Preceded by | The Lord Brandon of Oakbrook |
Succeeded by | The Lord Bingham of Cornhill |
Vice-Chancellor | |
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 |
Sir Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson, PC, Kt. (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]
References
- ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
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- ^ "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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