Peter Millett, Baron Millett
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The Right Honourable The Lord Millett PC, QC |
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| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 1 October 1998 – 11 January 2004 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The Lord Nolan |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Hale of Richmond |
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| Born |
Peter Julian Millett 23 June 1932 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Mireille Harris |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Religion | Judaism |
Peter Julian Millett, Baron Millett, PC, QC (born 23 June 1932) is a non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal and a former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and barrister of the United Kingdom.
The son of Denis and Adele Millett, he was educated at Harrow School, London, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he received a Master of Arts degree in classics and law in 1954. From 1955 to 1957 he served as a Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Queen Mary, University of London in 2012.
Millett was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1955. In 1959, he came to Lincoln's Inn, where he was appointed a Bencher in 1980. From 1958 to 1986 he practised at the Chancery Bar and was examiner and lecturer in practical conveyancing at the Council of Legal Education from 1962 to 1976. Between 1967 and 1973, Millett was junior counsel at the Department of Trade and Industry in chancery matters, and between 1971 and 1975 member of the General Council of the Bar.
He was a member of the Law Commission working party on co-ownership of the matrimonial home in 1972 and 1973 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in the following year. From 1977 to 1982, Millett was member of the Department of Trade Insolvency Law Review Committee. In 1986, he became a judge of the High Court of Justice and was knighted. He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal and a member of the Privy Council in 1994. On 1 October 1998, he was appointed as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, receiving additionally a life peerage with the title Baron Millett, of St Marylebone in the City of Westminster. He retired as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in January 2004. He has been a Non-permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal since 2000.
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