Leo Solomon Baron (13 October 1916 – 22 October 1985)[2] was a British lawyer, Royal Air Force officer and contract bridge player who practised law in Southern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe) during the 1950s and 1960s, sat on the Supreme Court of Zambia during the 1970s, and briefly served as Acting Chief Justice of Zimbabwe in 1983.

Baron was born to a Polish-Jewish family in Plauen in eastern Germany,[2] the brother of the historian and scientist Jacob Bronowski,[3] and raised in Britain.

[4] During the Second World War, Baron was a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force,[5] and was stationed in Southern Rhodesia.

[2] He settled there after the war and in 1952 set up a law practice in the self-governing colony's second city, Bulawayo.

He was appointed Acting Chief Justice of Zimbabwe in 1983, but retired shortly afterwards, citing his health.