Sir Colin Percy Farquharson Rimer (born 30 January 1944) is a former judge of the English Court of Appeal; he retired in 2014.
He was educated at Dulwich College from 1954 to 1962 and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Rimer was called to the bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1968 and made a Bencher in 1994. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1988. He was appointed a Justice of the High Court on 3 October 1994 and was assigned to the Chancery Division. On 1 October 2007, he became a Lord Justice of Appeal, on the retirement of Robin Auld. He retired on 7 October 2014.
Hunter v Moss 1 WLR 452 (overturned on reasoning)
Gencor ACP Ltd v Dalby 2 BCLC 734
Sinclair Investment Holdings SA v Versailles Trade Finance (No. 3) EWHC 915
Consistent Group Ltd v Kalwak EWCA Civ 430 (reversed by Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher UKSC 41)
Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Ltd EWCA Civ 644
Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd EWCA Civ 183 (overturned)
Re Sigma Finance Corporation EWCA Civ 1303
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd EWCA Civ 361
O'Donnell v Shanahan EWCA Civ 751
Williams v British Airways plc EWCA Civ 281 (overturned)
Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Alemo-Herron EWCA Civ 24
Jones v Kernott EWCA Civ 578 (overturned)
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Banerjee 1 WLR 702
Petrodel Resources Ltd v Prest EWCA Civ 1395 (overturned)
Hounga v Allen UKSC 47 (overturned)