John Balcombe

Sir Alfred John Balcombe, PC (29 September 1925 – 9 June 2000) was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1985 to 1995.

Education Balcombe attended Winchester College under a scholarship.

Career He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1950 (Bencher, 1977; Treasurer, 1999); he practised at the Chancery Bar, 1951–77. He was appointed a QC in 1969. He was a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Family Division, 1977–85. He was a Judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, 1983–85.

He was a member of the Bar council, 1967–71.

He was knighted in 1977 and made a Privy Councillor in 1985.

Other positions held Member, Steering Committee for Revenue, Tax Law Rewrite, 1997–98. Chairman, London Marriage Guidance Council, 1982–88. President, SW London Branch, Magistrates' Association, 1993–2000. President, The Maccabaeans, 1990–2000. Master, Company of Tin Plate Workers, 1971–72. Senior Grand Warden, United Grand Lodge of England of the Freemasons, 1996–98. Honorary Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1996

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