Jeremy Sullivan
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| office = Senior President of Tribunals
| term_start = 25 June 2012
| term_end = 17 September 2015
| predecessor = Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill
| successor = Sir Ernest Ryder
| office2 = Lord Justice of Appeal
| term_start2 = January 2009
| term_end2 = 17 September 2015
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| office3 = Justice of the High Court
| term_start3 = 1997
| term_end3 = 2009
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| alma_mater = King's College London
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Sir Jeremy Mirth Sullivan {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC|size=100}} (born 17 September 1945) became a Lord Justice of Appeal in January 2009 and was appointed Senior President of Tribunals in 2012. He retired from both positions on 17 September 2015.{{cite web|title=Retirement of the Right Honourable Sir Jeremy Mirth Sullivan|url=https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/announcements/retirement-of-the-right-honourable-sir-jeremy-mirth-sullivan-senior-president-of-tribunals/|accessdate=8 October 2015}} On 25 October 2016 the Transport Secretary announced that Sullivan would oversee the consultation which will follow his announcement recommending a third runway at Heathrow.{{cite web|title=Heathrow approval reaction [at 13:24]|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/business-37730173|accessdate=26 October 2016}}
Biography
He was educated at Framlingham College and King's College London (LLB, LLM) and was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1968 where he became a bencher in 1993.
By 1976 Sullivan was Counsel for the Department of Environment's M25 motorway public inquiryThe Times, 4 June 1976; Motorway inquiry objectors ejected. Other clients he represented included the London Borough Councils of HammersmithThe Times, 1 June 1977, Court of Appeal: Night work must cease to stop noise under new Act and HaringeyThe Times, 13 October 1977; New Archway traffic forecast requested as well as the Attorney General;The Times, 14 March 1978; Chancery Division:Attorney General ex relator Rivers-Moore and Others v Portsmouth City Council while he has worked closely with Harry Woolf in matters of Planning Law.The Times, 1 June 1978 Court of Appeal Planning authority not estopped by its officers' statements By 1979 his Court of Appeal work included advocating the legalizing of uncompleted development work.The Times, 21 December 1979 Ashby and Another v Secretary of State for the Environment and Another
Sullivan was made a QC in 1982, recorder from 1989 to 1997, deputy judge of the High Court from 1993 to 1997, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) 1997–2009. Between 1994 and 1997 he served as attorney-general to the Prince of Wales.Tough judge who forced new review The Daily Mirror 16 February 2007
As a judge, Sullivan presided over the 2006 Afghan hijackers case, ruling that it was unlawful under the 1971 Immigration Act to restrict the Highjackers' leave to remain in the United Kingdom, and ordered that they be granted "discretionary leave to remain", which entitled them to work in the United Kingdom.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5245302.stm Timeline of Afghan hijacker case], BBC News, 2 August 2006[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2006/1111.html S & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department] [2006] EWHC 1111 (Admin), 10 May 2006
His rulings include the February 2007 judgment that the government's 2006 Energy Review had been "misleading" and "unlawful" in its handling of the UK nuclear energy debate,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/nuclear/article/0,,2013618,00.html|title = Government loses nuclear power plant case taken by Greenpeace in high court| work=The Guardian |date = 15 February 2007 | last1=Summers | first1=Deborah }} and a 2008 decision in favour of the Government and rejecting a judicial review which sought to reduce night flights at Heathrow.{{cite web|title=Judge rejects night flight appeal|url=http://www.richardbuxton.co.uk/articles/judge-rejects-night-flight-appeal|accessdate=25 October 2016}}
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Category:People educated at Framlingham College
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