Sir John Balcombe (29 September 1925 – 9 June 2000) was a Lord Justice of Appeal

Lord Justice of Appeal

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 from 1985-95.

Career

He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn

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, 1950 (Bencher, 1977; Treasurer, 1999); he practised at the Chancery Bar, 1951-77. He was appointed a QC

Queen's Counsel

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 in 1969. He was a Judge of the High Court of Justice

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, Family Division

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, 1977-85. He was a Judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal

Employment Appeal Tribunal

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, 1983-85.

He was a member of the Bar council

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, 1967-71.

He was knighted

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 in 1977 and made a Privy Council

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lor in 1985.

Other positions held

• Member, Steering Committee for Revenue, Tax Law Rewrite, 1997-98.
• Chairman, London Marriage Guidance Council, 1982-88.
• President, SW London Branch, Magistrates' Association, 1993-2000.
• President, The Maccabaeans
  Maccabaeans
  The Maccabaeans is an Anglo-Jewish charity. Started in 1891, it is a friendly society, established in 1894, and registered on the 8th of May, 1901, under the Friendly Societies' Act, as amended 1896...
  
  , 1990-2000.
• Master, Company of Tin Plate Workers, 1971-72.
• Senior Grand Warden, United Grand Lodge of England of the Freemasons, 1996-98.
• Honorary Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
  
  , 1996