Mr Justice Andrew Baker | |
|---|---|
 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]
The Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General is the most senior judge in Scotland,the head of the judiciary,and the presiding judge of the College of Justice,the Court of Session,and the High Court of Justiciary. The Lord President holds the title of Lord Justice General of Scotland and the head of the High Court of Justiciary ex officio,as the two offices were combined in 1836. The Lord President has authority over any court established under Scots law,except for the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland and constitutes part of the College of Justice;the supreme criminal court of Scotland is the High Court of Justiciary. The Court of Session sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh and is both a trial court and a court of appeal. Decisions of the court can be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom,with the permission of either the Inner House or the Supreme Court. The Court of Session and the local sheriff courts of Scotland have concurrent jurisdiction for all cases with a monetary value in excess of £100,000;the plaintiff is given first choice of court. However,the majority of complex,important,or high value cases are brought in the Court of Session. Cases can be remitted to the Court of Session from the sheriff courts,including the Sheriff Personal Injury Court,at the request of the presiding sheriff. Legal aid,administered by the Scottish Legal Aid Board,is available to persons with little disposable income for cases in the Court of Session.
The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a part of the legal system of Hong Kong. It consists of the Court of Appeal and the Court of First Instance;it deals with criminal and civil cases which have risen beyond the lower courts. It is a superior court of record of unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction. It was named the Supreme Court before 1997. Though previously named the Supreme Court,this Court has long been the local equivalent to the Senior Courts of England and Wales and has never been vested with the power of final adjudication.
There are various levels of judiciary in England and Wales—different types of courts have different styles of judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance,in line with the order of the courts in which they sit,so that judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are given more weight than district judges sitting in county courts and magistrates' courts. On 1 April 2020 there were 3,174 judges in post in England and Wales. Some judges with United Kingdom-wide jurisdiction also sit in England and Wales,particularly Justices of the United Kingdom Supreme Court and members of the tribunals judiciary.
Michael Townley Featherstone Briggs,Lord Briggs of Westbourne,is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He served earlier as a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
The Judges' Council is a body in England and Wales that,representing the judiciary,advises the Lord Chief Justice on judicial matters. It has its historical roots in the original Council of the Judges of the Supreme Court,created by the Judicature Act 1873 to oversee the new Supreme Court of Judicature. This body initially met regularly,reforming the procedure used by the circuit courts,and the new High Court of Justice but met less regularly as time went on,meeting only twice between 1900 and 1907,with a gap of ten years between meetings in 1940 and 1950 respectively. After relative inactivity,it was eventually wound up through the Supreme Court Act 1981,which contained no provisions for its continued existence,something Denis Dobson attributes to newer bodies which performed the duties the Council had originally been created to do.
Sir Andrew Jeremy Coulter Edis PC,styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Edis,is a Lord Justice of Appeal,having previously served as a High Court Judge.
Sir Timothy Victor Holroyde,PC,styled The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Holroyde,is an English Court of Appeal judge,formerly a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales,Queen's Bench Division. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in October 2017. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 2017. In 2015 he was appointed a member of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales,and served as its Chairman between 2018 and 2022. In June 2022 he was appointed Vice-President of the Court of Appeal,succeeding Lord Justice Fulford.
Sir Peter Marcel Roth is a British High Court judge.
Sir James Richard William Goss,styled The Hon. Mr Justice Goss,is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales,assigned to the King's Bench Division. He was previously a Queen's Counsel,specialising in criminal law.
Sir Mark David John Warby PC,styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Warby,is a Lord Justice of Appeal.
Sir Stephen John Irwin,is a retired British judge and barrister. From September 2016 until October 2020,he was a Lord Justice of Appeal. From May 2006 to 2016,he served as a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
Sir Ian William Dove,styled The Hon. Mr Justice Dove,is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
Sir Richard Andrew Snowden,PC,styled Lord Justice Snowden,is a Lord Justice of Appeal.
Sir Peter Donald Fraser,styled The Honourable Mr Justice Fraser,is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
Sir Christopher John Butcher styled The Hon Mr Justice Butcher,is a British High Court Judge.
Sir David Andrew Foxton is a British High Court judge.
Sir Simon James Bryan is a British High Court judge.
Sir David Michael Waksman is a British High Court judge.
The King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice deals with a wide range of common law cases and has supervisory responsibility over certain lower courts.
  | This United Kingdom law-related biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
