Andrew Edis

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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable

| name = Lord Justice Edis

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| office = Senior Presiding Judge

| term_start = 1 October 2022

| term_end = 1 October 2024

| monarch =

| predecessor = Sir Charles Haddon-Cave

| successor = Sir Nicholas Green

| office1 = Lord Justice of Appeal

| term_start1 = 27 January 2021

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| monarch1 = Elizabeth II
Charles III

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| office2 = High Court judge
Queen's Bench Division

| term_start2 = 1 October 2014

| term_end2 = 27 January 2021

| monarch2 = Elizabeth II

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| nationality = British

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| residence = Liverpool/London

| alma_mater = University College, Oxford

| occupation = Barrister, judge

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Sir Andrew Jeremy Coulter Edis PC (born 9 June 1957), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Edis,{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/621/Andrew-Jeremy-Coulter-Edis-EDIS |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141221124139/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/621/Andrew-Jeremy-Coulter-Edis-EDIS |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 December 2014 |title=Andrew Jeremy Coulter Edis |work=Debrett's |accessdate=21 December 2014 }} 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.{{cite news|title=The Phone-Hacking Trial|url=http://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/sites/www4.univ.ox.ac.uk/files/Winter%20Martlet%202014-Andrew%20Edis%20interview.pdf|work=The Martlet|publisher=University College, Oxford|date=Winter 2014|access-date=24 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225000533/http://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/sites/www4.univ.ox.ac.uk/files/Winter%20Martlet%202014-Andrew%20Edis%20interview.pdf|archive-date=25 December 2016|url-status=dead}} 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{{cite web |url=http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk/Firms/10338-39536/228404 |title=Andrew Edis QC |publisher=Chambers and Partners |accessdate=4 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720040714/http://www.chambersandpartners.com/UK/Firms/10338-39536/228404 |archive-date=20 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} and The Legal 500{{cite web|url=http://www.legal500.com/firms/9408-chambers-of-orlando-pownall-qc/offices/9408-london/lawyers/79135 |title=Andrew Edis QC |work=The Legal 500 |accessdate=4 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030024051/http://www.legal500.com/firms/9408-chambers-of-orlando-pownall-qc/offices/9408-london/lawyers/79135 |archivedate=30 October 2014 }} as a top advocate in crime.

His work has included high-profile cases that have been featured in national newspapers such as The Independent{{cite news | url=http://search.independent.co.uk/topic/andrew-edis | title=Andrew Edis | work=The Independent | accessdate=4 October 2011}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and by the BBC.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1120057.stm | title=Life sentence for wife killer | work=BBC News | publisher=BBC | location=UK | date=16 January 2001 | accessdate=4 October 2011}}{{cite news |title=Life for 'Lady in Lake' husband | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4211495.stm | work=BBC News | publisher=BBC | location=UK |date= 28 January 2005 | accessdate=4 October 2011 }} For example, he defended in the 2005 Lady in the Lake trial. He has also undertaken book reviewing for the Times Higher Education Supplement.{{cite news | url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/textbook-guides/8-november-2012/join-the-legal-fight-club/203286.article | title=Join the legal fight club | work=Times Higher Education Supplement | date=26 May 2006 | accessdate=12 October 2017 | last=Edis | first=Andrew}}

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.{{cite news| first=P. | last=Cheston | url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/uk/chris-huhne-hires-harrys-lawyer-7499221.html | title=Chris Huhne hires Harry's lawyer | newspaper=London Evening Standard | date=2 March 2012}} 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.{{cite news| first=Caroline | last=Davies | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/31/phone-hacking-mr-justice-saunders-andrew-edis-qc | title=Phone-hacking trial: who are the judge and lead prosecutor? | newspaper=The Guardian | date=31 October 2013}}

Edis was appointed a Justice of the High Court{{cite web| url=https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/announcements/appointment-of-a-high-court-judge-edis/ | title=Appointment of a High Court Judge: Edis | work=Appointments and Retirements | publisher=Courts and Tribunals Judiciary | location=UK | date=31 July 2014 | accessdate=12 October 2017 }} on 1 October 2014 and knighted.{{cite web| url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/knighthoods-and-damehood-conferred | title=Press release: Knighthoods and Damehood conferred | website=GOV.UK | publisher=Prime Minister's Office | location=London, UK | date=21 October 2014 | accessdate=12 October 2017 }} He became a Lord Justice of Appeal on 27 January 2021.{{cite web |title=Senior Judiciary |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/who-are-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list/ |website=www.judiciary.uk |access-date=24 November 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{{clarify|date=May 2014}} at Whitewell.{{cite web| url=http://www.liverpoolbar.cc/Liverpool_Bar_CC/Player_Profiles/Entries/2013/1/29_Andrew_Edis_QC.html | title=Andrew Edis QC | date=29 January 2013 | publisher=Liverpool Bar Cricket Club | accessdate=4 May 2014 }}