Sir Jonathan Frederic Parker, PC (born 8 December 1937) is a retired British

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Education

Sir Jonathan was born in

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, the son of Sir Edmund Parker (1908–1981) and Elizabeth Mary Butterfield (died 1984). His father was a distinguished accountant who was senior partner of Price Waterhouse & Co. and president of the

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from 1967–68. He was educated at

Winchester College Winchester College is an English Public school (United Kingdom), public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day school, day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It wa ...

and then

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Career

He was called to the Bar in 1962. He was appointed as

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in 1979. He became a Bencher of the

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in 1985, and served as head of chambers at 11 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn. He became a High Court Judge in the Chancery Division in 1991 when he received the customary knighthood. He then became a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2000, whereupon he was appointed to the Privy Council in the usual way. He retired from the bench in 2007. He also served as the Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1989 to 1991 and as Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster from 1994 to 1998.

Judicial decisions

As a Lord Justice of Appeal and as a judge at first instance, Sir Jonathan Parker was involved a number of important judicial decisions, including: * '' In Plus Group Ltd v Pyke''

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EWCA Civ 370 * '' Kaur v MG Rover Group Ltd'' 004EWCA Civ 1507 * ''

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1 BCLC 433 (High Court) * '' Oldham v Kyrris''

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EWCA Civ 1506 * '' Green v Lord Somerleyton''

EWCA Civ 198 * '' Murad v Al-Saraj'' 005EWCA Civ 959 * ''Regentcrest plc v Cohen'' 0012 BCLC 80 * '' Rock (Nominees) Ltd v RCO Holdings Ltd'' 004EWCA Civ 118 * ''

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EWCA Civ 424 * '' Royal Trust Bank v National Westminster Bank plc'' (High Court) * '' Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd''

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1 WLR 1340 (Court of Appeal) * ''

Re Spectrum Plus Ltd was a UK company law decision of House of Lords that settled a number of outstanding legal issues relating to floating charges and recharacterisation risk under the English common law. However, the House of Lords also discussed the power of ...

'' 004EWCA Civ 670 (Court of Appeal)

Personal life

Sir Jonathan is married to Maria-Belen Burns, daughter of publisher Thomas Ferrier Burns . He and Lady Parker have three sons: James (born 1968), Oliver (born 1969), and Peter (born 1971), and a daughter, Clare (born 1972).

References

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