[3] He worked alongside Henry Fisher, Roger Parker, Gordon Slynn, and Richard Southwell QC.

Lord Neill left Serle Court in 2008 to join his elder brother Sir Brian Neill, a former Court of Appeal judge, at 20 Essex Street.

[4] He was Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, from 1977 until 1995, and appointed an Honorary Fellow in 1995.

[1] Neill owned homes in London, in Perthshire, and in Briantspuddle, Dorset.

[9] He sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher until 18 May 2016, ten days before his death, at which point he ceased to be a member pursuant to section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, having failed to attend during the whole of the 2015–16 session without being on leave of absence.