Sir Antony James Cobham Edwards-Stuart (born 2 November 1946) is a retired judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

Education

He was educated at

Sherborne School Sherborne School is a full-boarding school for boys aged 13 to 18 located beside Sherborne Abbey in the Dorset town of Sherborne. The school has been in continuous operation on the same site for over 1,300 years. It was founded in 705 AD by Ald ...

, the

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academy, military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial Commissioned officer, officer train ...

and

St Catharine's College, Cambridge St Catharine's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed "Catz". The colle ...

Career

Edwards-Stuart was called to the bar at

Gray's Inn The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wale ...

in 1976 and became a bencher there in 2009. He was appointed QC in 1991, recorder in from 1997, deputy judge of the High Court in 2003, and judge of the

High Court of Justice The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal (England and Wales), Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Courts of England and Wales, Senior Cour ...

(Queen's Bench Division) in 2009. He was Judge in Charge of the Technology and Construction Court from September 2013 until his mandatory retirement upon reaching the age of 70 in November 2016.Profile
judiciary.gov.uk; accessed 4 January 2016.

References

1946 births Living people People educated at Sherborne School Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Members of Gray's Inn Queen's Bench Division judges Knights Bachelor {{UK-law-bio-stub