Thomas Tomlin, Baron Tomlin

Thomas James Chesshyre Tomlin, Baron Tomlin, of Ash in the County of Kent PC KC ( * May 6, 1867; † August 12, 1935 ) was a British lawyer who most recently as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as Life peer and member of the House of Lords was.

Life

Tomlin, whose father George Taddy Tomlin was also Barrister, completed post-school study of Law and received his legal 1891 for approval by the Law Societies ( Inns of Court ) of the Middle Temple and Lincoln 's Inn. He then began working as a barrister and was honored for his lawyer's achievements in 1913 Attorney-General (King 's Counsel ) and 1918 so-called " Bencher " of the bar associations of the Middle Temple and Lincoln 's Inn. He also worked as a legal adviser to the Department of Commerce ( Board of Trade ), the Tax Administration ( Inland Revenue ), the Forest and Forest Commission (Commission of Woods and Forests), the Charities Commission ( Charity Commission ) and the Board of Education ( Board of Education ) and most recently in 1922 as adviser to the Royal College of Physicians.

In 1923, Tomlin judge at the Chamber for Economic Affairs ( Chancery Division ) to the Commissioner for England and Wales High Court of Justice and as such also defeated a Knight Bachelor, so that he has since the additional name "Sir" led. In addition, he was from 1923 to 1933 Chairman of the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, a Royal Commission for the settlement of patent disputes. In addition, he was at this time in 1926 chairman of the board of the University of London.

By Letters Patent of 11 February 1929 Tomlin was due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act appointed in 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Tomlin, of Ash in the County of Kent, a member of the House of Lords to the nobility and worked until his death in 1935 as Lord Justice (Lord of Appeal in Ordinary). At the same time he became Privy Councillor and was from 1929 to 1931 Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service ( Royal Commission on the Civil Service ) and at times also a member of the University Committee of the Privy Council.

According to him, the so-called is " Tomlin Order" named. It is a court order in the British civil procedural law, which relates to prior negotiated agreements between the parties and this as an investment in the court order to receive.

Tomlin was married to Marion Olivia, born Waterfield ( 1867-1948 ). They had five children, including the sculptor Stephen Tomlin.