Sir Edward Christopher Evans-Lombe (10 April 1937 – 20 May 2022) was a British High Court judge and landowner.

Early life and education

Evans-Lombe was the son of Sir Edward Evans-Lombe and his wife Diana. He was educated at

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and studied at

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, receiving a

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degree.

Career

He was

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at the

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in 1963 and practised bankruptcy law. In 1978, he

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and served as a

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from 1982 until 1993.

High Court appointment

In 1993, he was appointed a judge of the High Court, receiving the customary knighthood in the same year, and was assigned to the

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. He served in the

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from 2004. He retired from the High Court and the Tribunal in 2008. At the High Court, he settled the dispute over Mark Birley's £104 million estate and a £54 million dispute over the family distribution of shares in Pataks.

Personal life

In 1964, he married Frances MacKenzie. They had a son and a daughter. In addition to practice, he ran the Norfolk estate that had been in his family for several generations. On 20 May 2022, he died of heart disease, aged 85.

References

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