Sir Stephen John Lindsay Oliver, KC (born 14 November 1938) is a retired British judge.

Background

* Called to the Bar (Middle Temple), 1963 * Appointed

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, 1980 * Appointed Recorder, 1989 * Circuit Judge, 1991 * Presiding Special Commissioner and President of the VAT and Duties Tribunals, 1992 * Knighted, 2007 * Acting President, Tax Chamber of the

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(1 April 2009 – 6 April 2011) * Retired, 6 April 2011Tribunal Judge Retirement : Sir Stephen Oliver QC
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References

OLIVER, Sir Stephen (John Lindsay)
Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011, accessed 15 Feb 2012 20th-century English judges 21st-century English judges Knights Bachelor Living people 1938 births 20th-century King's Counsel 21st-century King's Counsel {{England-law-bio-stub