Andrew Edis
| Lord Justice Edis link (Judge) | |
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| Born | 9 June 1957 |
| Alma mater | University College (Oxford) |
Lord Justice Edis is a Lord Justice of Appeal | |
Andrew Jeremy Coulter Edis, styled Lord Justice Edis, is a Lord Justice of Appeal, who served as the Senior Presiding Judge having previously served as a High Court Judge.
Edis studied at Liverpool College and University College (Oxford). 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 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.[1]