Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Brandon of Oakbrook |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Bingham of Cornhill |
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In office 1985 – 1 October 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Robert Megarry |
| Succeeded by | Sir Donald Nicholls |
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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) 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.
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.
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.
Decisions of Browne-Wilkinson include:
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