Brian Dillon (judge)

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| office = Lord Justice of Appeal

| term_start = 1982

| term_end = 1994

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| nationality = British

| spouse = Alison Lane

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| education = Sandroyd School
Winchester College

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Sir George Brian Hugh Dillon, PC (2 October 1925 – 22 June 2003) was a British lawyer and judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1982 to 1994.{{cite news |title=Sir Brian Dillion |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1434578/Sir-Brian-Dillon.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=2 July 2003 |accessdate=28 May 2017 }}{{cite news|title=Sir Brian Dillon |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/sir-brian-dillon-8b0mcgm57bq |newspaper=The Sunday Times |access-date=28 May 2017 |url-access=subscription }}

Biography

Dillon was born in a naval family, the son of Captain George Crozier Dillon, RN, and the grandson of an admiral. He was educated at Winchester College, where he was a scholar, before proceeding to New College, Oxford, also as a scholar. Initially reading Classics, he switched to law, before joining the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1943, training at HMS Ganges before serving in the Far East abroad the destroyer HMS Tyrian.

Returning to Oxford after the war, he was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1948, and acquired a "huge practice" at the Chancery bar. He took silk in 1965 and became head of chambers.

He was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice, in 1979, assigned to the Chancery Division and received the customary knighthood. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 1982, and was sworn of the Privy Council. He retired in 1994.