Andrew Edis

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::summary British barrister and judge (born 1957) ::

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Field	Value
honorific-prefix	The Right Honourable
name	Lord Justice Edis
image	The Right Honourable Lord Justice Edis.jpg
office	Senior Presiding Judge
term_start	1 October 2022
term_end	1 October 2024
predecessor	Sir Charles Haddon-Cave
successor	Sir Nicholas Green
office1	Lord Justice of Appeal
term_start1	27 January 2021
monarch1	Elizabeth II
Charles III
office2	High Court judge
Queen's Bench Division
term_start2	1 October 2014
term_end2	27 January 2021
monarch2	Elizabeth II
birth_date
nationality	British
residence	Liverpool/London
alma_mater	University College, Oxford
occupation	Barrister, judge
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Early life and education

Edis studied at Liverpool College and University College, Oxford.

Legal career

He was called to the Bar in 1980. He became an Assistant Recorder in 1994, a Deputy High Court Judge in 2001, Bencher of Middle Temple in 2004 and Senior Treasury Counsel in 2008.

Edis has been ranked by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 as a top advocate in crime.

His work has included high-profile cases that have been featured in national newspapers such as The Independent and by the BBC. For example, he defended in the 2005 Lady in the Lake trial. He has also undertaken book reviewing for the Times Higher Education Supplement.

Edis was counsel for the ultimately successful prosecution in R v Huhne, the trial of former British Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne MP and his former wife, Vicky Pryce for perverting the course of justice in relation to a 2003 speeding case. In May 2013, Edis was lead prosecutor in the trial of Jiervon Bartlett and Nayed Hoque, who were accused of the murder of Paula Castle after allegedly mugging her in Greenford; they later pleaded guilty to manslaughter. In late 2013, Edis was the lead prosecutor in the News of the World newspaper phone-hacking scandal trial, R v Brooks, Coulson and six others.

Edis was appointed a Justice of the High Court on 1 October 2014 and knighted. He became a Lord Justice of Appeal on 27 January 2021.

In his spare time, Edis is an enthusiastic cricketer and was one of the founding members of the Liverpool Bar Cricket Club, once taking career best figures of 7–12 in their annual fixture against the Inn at Whitewell.

Notable cases

• 2015 Shoreham Airshow crash
• Essex lorry deaths
• Joseph McCann (criminal)
• Killing of Andrew Harper
• Lady in the Lake trial
• Murder of Dorothy Woolmer
• Murder of Shafilea Ahmed
• News International phone hacking scandal
• R v Huhne

References

References

1. "Andrew Jeremy Coulter Edis". [[Debrett's]].
2. (Winter 2014). "The Phone-Hacking Trial". [[University College, Oxford]].
3. "Andrew Edis QC". Chambers and Partners.
4. "Andrew Edis QC". The Legal 500.
5. (August 2021). "Andrew Edis". [[The Independent]].
6. (16 January 2001). "Life sentence for wife killer". [[BBC]].
7. (28 January 2005). "Life for 'Lady in Lake' husband". [[BBC]].
8. Edis, Andrew. (26 May 2006). "Join the legal fight club". [[Times Higher Education Supplement]].
9. Cheston, P.. (2 March 2012). "Chris Huhne hires Harry's lawyer". [[London Evening Standard]].
10. Davies, Caroline. (31 October 2013). "Phone-hacking trial: who are the judge and lead prosecutor?". [[The Guardian]].
11. (31 July 2014). "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Edis". [[Courts and Tribunals Judiciary]].
12. (21 October 2014). "Press release: Knighthoods and Damehood conferred". [[Prime Minister's Office (United Kingdom).
13. "Senior Judiciary".
14. (29 January 2013). "Andrew Edis QC". Liverpool Bar Cricket Club.

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