Mr Justice Murray | |
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| High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2018 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
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| Born | 4 May 1958 Washington,DC,United States |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Harvard Law School Trinity College Dublin |
Sir Edward Henry Murray (born 4 May 1958) is an American-born British High Court judge.
Murray was born on 4 May 1958 in Washington,DC,United States and attended St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington,DC. He completed an MA in philosophy at Trinity College Dublin in 1980 and a JD cum laude at Harvard Law School in 1985. [1] [2]
In 1986,he was admitted to the New York State Bar and was an associate of Sidley &Austin from 1986 to 1990. In 1992,he was admitted as a solicitor and joined Allen &Overy as an associate,being promoted to partner in 1993 and served in the derivates structure group at the firm until 2013. He is a naturalised UK citizen. Though he did not have a background as an advocate,he was appointed as a recorder in 2009 and a deputy High Court judge in 2013. [1] [2]
On 1 October 2018,Murray was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the King's Bench Division. [3] [4] He took the customary knighthood in the same year. Since 2022,he has been Presiding Judge of the South Eastern Circuit. [1]
On 12 July 2024,Murray sentenced Gavin Plumb to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 16 years,for the foiled abduction and murder plot of former This Morning television presenter Holly Willoughby. [5]
In 1984,he married Andrea Stang,with whom he has one daughter;they later divorced in 2018. In 2019,he married Bina Pandey. [1]
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