Education
He was educated at from 1954 to 1962 and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
He was educated at from 1954 to 1962 and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Rimer was called to the bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1968 and made a Bencher in 1994. He was appointed a Queen"s Counsel in 1988. He was appointed a Justice of the High Court on 3 October 1994 and was assigned to the Chancery Division.
On 1 October 2007, he became a Lord Justice of Appeal, on the retirement of Robin Auld.
He retired on 7 October 2014. Hunter v Moss 1 WLR 452 (overturned on reasoning)
Gencor American College of Physicians Limited v Dalby 2 BCLC 734
Sinclair Investment Holdings Société Anonyme v Versailles Trade Finance (Number 3) EWHC 915
Consistent Group Limited v Kalwak EWCA Civ 430 (reversed by Autoclenz Limited v Belcher UKSC 41)
Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Limited EWCA Civ 644
Chartbrook Limited v Persimmon Homes Limited EWCA Civ 183 (overturned)
Re Sigma Finance Corporation EWCA Civ 1303
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Limited EWCA Civ 361
O"Donnell v Shanahan EWCA Civ 751
Williams v British Airways plc EWCA Civ 281 (overturned)
Parkwood Leisure Limited v Alemo-Herron EWCA Civ 24
Jones v Kernott EWCA Civ 578 (overturned)
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Banerjee 1 WLR 702
Petrodel Resources Limited v Prest EWCA Civ 1395 (overturned)
Hounga v Allen UKSC 47 (overturned).