Monarch Elizabeth II Occupation Judge Name Nicolas Baron | Preceded by Sir Robert Megarry Nationality British | |
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Preceded by The Lord Brandon of Oakbrook Full Name Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson Born 30 March 1930 (age 93) ( 1930-03-30 ) Role President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Succeeded by Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill | ||
Education Magdalen College, Oxford Preceded by Lord Goff of Chieveley | ||
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.
Judgments
Decisions of Browne-Wilkinson include: