Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson
The Right Honourable The Lord Browne-Wilkinson PC |
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Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
In office 1998 – 5 June 2000 |
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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 |
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Preceded by | The Lord Brandon of Oakbrook |
Succeeded by | The Lord Bingham of Cornhill |
Vice-Chancellor | |
In office 1985 – 1 October 1991 |
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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.
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.[3]
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Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor 1985 - 1991 |
Succeeded by Sir Donald Nicholls |
Preceded by | Senior Law Lord 1998—2000 |
Succeeded by The Lord Bingham of Cornhill |
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