Education
Winchester College; New College.
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John Balcombe
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He was called to the Bar at Lincoln"s Inn, 1950 (Bencher, 1977. Treasurer, 1999); he practised at the Chancery Bar, 1951-1977. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1969.
He was a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Family Division, 1977-1985.
He was a Judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, 1983-1985. He was knighted in 1977 and made a Privy Councillor in 1985.
Other positions held
Member, Steering Committee for Revenue, Tax Law Rewrite, 1997-1998. Chairman, London Marriage Guidance Council, 1982-1988.
President, Southwest London Branch, Magistrates" Association, 1993–2000.
President, The Maccabaeans, 1990–2000. Master, Company of Tin Plate Workers, 1971-1972. Senior Grand Warden, United Grand Lodge of England of the Freemasons, 1996-1998.
Honorary Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1996.
Membership
He was a member of the Bar council, 1967-1971.
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Nationality
United Kingdom