Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson

The Right Honourable The Lord Browne-Wilkinson PC
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office 1998 – 5 June 2000
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Lord Goff of Chieveley
Succeeded by	Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office 1 October 1991 – 5 June 2000
Preceded by	The Lord Brandon of Oakbrook
Succeeded by	The Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Vice-Chancellor
In office 1985 – 1 October 1991
Preceded by	Sir Robert Megarry
Succeeded by	Sir Donald Nicholls
Personal details
Born	Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson (1930-03-30) 30 March 1930
Nationality	British
Occupation	Judge
Profession	Barrister

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.

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.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Robert Megarry	Vice-Chancellor 1985 - 1991	Succeeded by Sir Donald Nicholls
Preceded by The Lord Goff of Chieveley	Senior Law Lord 1998—2000	Succeeded by The Lord Bingham of Cornhill