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Sir John Dyson joined Chambers in 1969 where he rapidly established
a wide and varied practice including appearance in the House of
Lords in the leading conflict of laws case,
Boys v Chaplin [1971] AC 356. Subsequent
appearances in the House of Lords included
Peabody v Parkinson [1985] AC 210 and
St Martins v McAlpine [1994] 1 AC
85. He took Silk in 1982. In 1986 he accepted an invitation to
become Head of Chambers at 39 Essex Street. He was appointed to the
High Court Bench in 1993 and to the Court of Appeal in 2001.