Sir George Brian Hugh Dillon (2 October 1925 – 22 June 2003) was a British lawyer and judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1982 to 1994.

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

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, 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

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in 1965 and became head of chambers. He was appointed a judge of the

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, in 1979, assigned to the

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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.

Family

Dillon married Alison Lane in 1954; they had two sons and two daughters.

Selected judgments

Lord Justice Dillon's reported cases include: *'' Notcutt v Universal Equipment Co (London) Ltd''

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ICR 414 *'' R & B Customs Brokers Co Ltd v United Dominions Trust Ltd'' 9881 WLR 321 *'' Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd'' 989QB 433 *'' Hunter v Moss''

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1 WLR 452 *'' Vaughan v Barlow Clowes International Ltd'' 991EWCA Civ 11 - English trusts law, concerning tracing *''

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Re Sevenoaks Stationers (Retail) Ltd ''Re Sevenoaks Stationers (Retail) Ltd'' 991Ch 164 is a UK company law case concerning the test of being unfit to run a company under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 section 6. Facts Mr Cruddas was a chartered accountant and dir ...

'' *'' Harris v Goddard'' *''

Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd v Homan ''Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd v Homan'' 994EWCA Civ 33is an English trusts law case about whether a beneficiary whose fiduciary breaches trust, may trace assets through an overdrawn account to its destination. Facts Mr Homan, a PriceW ...

EWCA Civ 33 - English trusts law, whether a beneficiary whose fiduciary breaches trust, may trace assets through an overdrawn account to its destination. *''

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Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Co v Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Services Ltd ''Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Co v Multinational Gas and Petrochemical Services Ltd'' 983Ch 258 is a leading United Kingdom company law case relating to directors' liability. The case is the principal authority for the proposition that ...

'' *'' Alec Lobb (Garages) Ltd v Total Oil (GB) Ltd'' *'' Fitzpatrick v British Railways Board''

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ICR 221,

IRLR 376 -

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, concerning

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*'' Nestle v National Westminster Bank plc''

EWCA Civ 12, 9931 WLR 1260 - English trusts law case concerning the

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when a trustee is making an investment.

Footnotes

References

Obituary - ''Daily Telegraph''
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