Mr Justice Andrew Baker | |
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 Baker in 2022 | |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2016 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 December 1965 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Merton College,Oxford |
Sir Andrew William Baker (born 21 December 1965),styled The Hon. Mr Justice Andrew Baker,is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales. [1] He is currently Judge in Charge of the Admiralty Court. [2]
He was educated at Lenzie Academy,read mathematics at Merton College,Oxford,and completed a postgraduate diploma in law at City,University of London. [3] [1]
He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1988. He was made a judge of the High Court of Justice (King's Bench Division) in 2016 and invested a knight in the 2016 Special Honours. [4] He is correctly described as Mr Justice Andrew Baker,distinguishing him from other judges,including Jeremy Baker,with the same surname.
In April 2021,he dismissed a billion-dollar lawsuit against British financier Sanjay Shah and several other people. The Danish Tax Agency raised the case in 2018. [5]
In May 2022,Andrew Baker was presented with an honorary degree in political science from St. Olaf College for his ruling against The Danish Tax Agency. [6]
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