Sir Colin Percy Farquharson Rimer (born 30 January 1944) was, until 2014, a judge of the English Court of Appeal.
He was educated at Dulwich College from 1954 to 1962 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 and was assigned to the Chancery Division. On 1 October 2007, he became a Lord Justice of Appeal, on the retirement of Robin Auld. He retired on 7 October 2014.
Hunter v Moss [1994] 1 WLR 452 (overturned on reasoning)Gencor ACP Ltd v Dalby [2000] 2 BCLC 734Sinclair Investment Holdings SA v Versailles Trade Finance (No. 3) [2007] EWHC 915Consistent 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 644Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 183 (overturned)Re Sigma Finance Corporation [2008] EWCA Civ 1303Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 361O'Donnell v Shanahan [2009] EWCA Civ 751Williams v British Airways plc [2009] EWCA Civ 281 (overturned)Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Alemo-Herron [2010] EWCA Civ 24Jones v Kernott [2010] EWCA Civ 578 (overturned)Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Banerjee [2011] 1 WLR 702Petrodel Resources Ltd v Prest [2012] EWCA Civ 1395 (overturned)Hounga v Allen [2014] UKSC 47 (overturned)
