Colin Rimer

Sir Colin Percy Farquharson Rimer (born 30 January 1944) is a former judge of the English Court of Appeal; he retired in 2014.

Education He was educated at Dulwich College from 1954 to 1962 and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

Legal career 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.

Cases Hunter v Moss 1 WLR 452 (overturned on reasoning) Gencor ACP Ltd v Dalby 2 BCLC 734 Sinclair Investment Holdings SA v Versailles Trade Finance (No. 3) EWHC 915 Consistent Group Ltd v Kalwak EWCA Civ 430 (reversed by Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher UKSC 41) Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Ltd EWCA Civ 644 Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd EWCA Civ 183 (overturned) Re Sigma Finance Corporation EWCA Civ 1303 Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd EWCA Civ 361 O'Donnell v Shanahan EWCA Civ 751 Williams v British Airways plc EWCA Civ 281 (overturned) Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Alemo-Herron EWCA Civ 24 Jones v Kernott EWCA Civ 578 (overturned) Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Banerjee 1 WLR 702 Petrodel Resources Ltd v Prest EWCA Civ 1395 (overturned) Hounga v Allen UKSC 47 (overturned) Home Office v Essop UKSC 27 (overturned)

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