Sir Jeremy Mirth Sullivan (born 17 September 1945) became a

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in January 2009 and was appointed

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in 2012. He retired from both positions on 17 September 2015. On 25 October 2016 the

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announced that Sullivan would oversee the consultation which will follow his announcement recommending a third runway at Heathrow. He was educated at

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and King's College London (LLB, LLM) and was called to the Bar at

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in 1968 where he became a

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in 1993. By 1976 Sullivan was

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for the

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Other clients he represented included the

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and

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as well as the

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; while he has worked closely with Harry Woolf in matters of

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. By 1979 his Court of Appeal work included advocating the legalizing of uncompleted development work. Sullivan was made a QC in 1982, recorder from 1989 to 1997, deputy judge of the High Court from 1993 to 1997, and judge of the

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(Queen's Bench Division) 1997–2009. Between 1994 and 1997 he served as attorney-general to the

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. As a judge, Sullivan presided over the

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, ruling that it was unlawful under the 1971 Immigration Act to restrict the Highjackers' leave to remain in the United Kingdom, and ordered that they be granted "discretionary leave to remain", which entitled them to work in the United Kingdom.Timeline of Afghan hijacker case
BBC News, 2 August 2006 His rulings include the February 2007

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that the government's 2006 Energy Review had been "misleading" and "unlawful" in its handling of the UK nuclear energy debate, and a 2008 decision in favour of the Government and rejecting a

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which sought to reduce night flights at

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