Geraldine Andrews

{{Short description|British High Court judge}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Not to be confused with|Gerardine Andrew}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable

| name = Lady Justice Andrews

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| image = Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Tudor crown).svg

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| caption = Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom

| office = Lady Justice of Appeal

| term_start = 1 October 2020

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| monarch = Elizabeth II
Charles III

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| office2 = High Court Judge
Queen's Bench Division

| term_start2 = 2013

| term_end2 = 2020

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|4|19|df=yes}}

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| nationality = {{UK}}

| alma_mater = King's College London

| honorific_suffix = DBE

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Dame Geraldine Mary Andrews, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DBE|PC|sep=,|size=100%}} (born 19 April 1959), styled The Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Andrews, is a Lady Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.{{Cite web|url=https://essexcourt.com/mrs-justice-andrews-appointed-lady-justice-of-appeal/|title = MRS Justice Andrews appointed Lady Justice of Appeal|date = 6 August 2020}}

She was educated at King's College London (LLB with First-class honours, 1980; LLM, 1982; AKC). She was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1981 and practiced as a commercial barrister from Essex Court Chambers specialising in shipping and international trade.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-01 |title=Lady Justice Andrews |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/lady-justice-andrews/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Courts and Tribunals Judiciary |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Lucy |date=2020-08-06 |title=Mrs Justice Andrews appointed Lady Justice of Appeal |url=https://essexcourt.com/mrs-justice-andrews-appointed-lady-justice-of-appeal/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Essex Court Chambers |language=en-GB}} She became a bencher in 2004 and was appointed as Vice Treasurer at the Inn from 2024 before taking up role as Treasurer in 2025.{{Cite web |last=Rahman |first=Akida |date=2023-07-11 |title=Appointment of Vice Treasurer for 2024 |url=https://www.graysinn.org.uk/news/appointment-of-vice-treasurer-for-2024/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=graysinn.org.uk |language=en-GB}} She was made a QC in 2001, and a Recorder on the Midland Circuit from 2001, deputy judge of the High Court from 2006 to 2013, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2013.[http://kclbarsociety.org.uk/about-us/governors Dame Geraldine Andrews' profile], kclbarsociety.org.uk; accessed 12 July 2014. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610220136/http://kclbarsociety.org.uk/about-us/governors/ |date=10 June 2015 }}

She was appointed a Lady Justice of Appeal in October 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lord-and-lady-justices-of-appeal|title=Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal |website=gov.uk|accessdate=2 August 2020}} She sits in both criminal and civil appeals as well as in the Divisional Court.

She is the co-author of The Law of Guarantees (7th ed 2015).

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