Sir Andrew Jeremy Coulter Edis PC (born 9 June 1957), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Edis, is a

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( Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales), having previously served as a High Court Judge. Edis studied at

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and

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. He was called to the Bar in 1980. He became an Assistant Recorder in 1994, a Deputy High Court Judge in 2001,

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in 2004 and Senior Treasury

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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 ''

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'' and by the BBC. For example, he defended in the 2005 Lady in the Lake trial. He has also undertaken book reviewing for the ''

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''. Edis was counsel for the ultimately successful prosecution in '' R v Huhne'', the trial of former British

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MP and his former wife,

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for

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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

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; they later pleaded guilty to manslaughter. In late 2013, Edis was the lead prosecutor in the ''

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'' 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

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ed. 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. He is married with three children.

Notable cases

* Murder of Shafilea Ahmed * Lady in the Lake trial * R v Huhne *

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2015 Shoreham Airshow crash On 22 August 2015, a former military aircraft crashed onto a main road during an aerial display at the Shoreham Airshow at Shoreham Airport, England, killing 11 people and injuring 16 others. It was the deadliest air show accident in the Uni ...

* Essex lorry deaths * Murder of Tia Sharp *

Murder of Dorothy Woolmer Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially th ...

* Killing of Andrew Harper

References

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