An Unusual Elevation

This post is something of a departure from my recent entries insofar as it doesn't feature any cute boys, neither does it, as the
title of this entry suggest, have nothing to do with cartography or the mechanical devices which transport people and goods up
and down but to do with judicial appointments. 

I've just checked the Judiciary website and as of today and it's not there yet but according to the latest Lincoln's Inn
newsletter, Rimer J (otherwise, the Honourable Sir Colin Percy Faquharson Rimer) has been elevated to the House of Lords and
will now take his place as one of the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary. Sir Colin, like many of the other members of the
Senior Judiciary are camera shy and I've not been able to find any pictures of him. There is however, an entry for him
in Wikipedia.

As I recall, the last time the phenomenon of a High Court judge being elevated directly to the House of Lords occurred
when Sir Richard Wilberforce, Sir Colin's predecessor in the Chancery Division, similarly leap-frogged the Court of
Appeal in 1964 only 3 years after his elevation to the Bench. That it has only happened to the puisne judges sitting in
the Chancery Division must surely be more than a coincidence. However, Lord Wilberforce nevertheless retains the
singular honour of having been elevated to the House of Lords far more quickly than Lord Rimer who has only been
elevated after 13 years on the Bench. 

I strongly suspect that must be an inside story to Sir Colin's elevation which some of our Benchers will know.
Unfortuantely, none of my friends at the Bar practice in the Chancery Division and will probably not know the inside
story. Will see what I can find out and will post this either as a postscript or as a separate entry at a later date.