Edwin Jowitt

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Sir Edwin Frank Jowitt (born 1 October 1929) [1] is a British former High Court judge. Notable cases overseen by Jowitt include the trial of the murderers of Ross Parker. [2]

Jowitt was educated at Swanwick Hall School and London School of Economics, where he earned his LL.B. He was called to the bar as a member of Middle Temple in 1951. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1969 and was recorder of the Crown Court from 1972 to 1980. He was a circuit judge from 1980 to 1987 and Senior Circuit Judge and honorary Recorder of Birmingham from 1987 to 1988. He was a judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division, from 1988 to 2000. He was knighted in 1988. He was presiding judge of the Midland & Oxford Circuit from 1996 to 1999, was Lent reader in 1997, and became a senior bencher in January 2000. [3]

Following the recommendation of Canadian judge Peter Cory that inquiries into murders in Northern Ireland be undertaken, Jowitt was appointed to chair the Robert Hamill Inquiry. [4] [5] [6]

Jowitt is interested in fell walking. [3] [1] He married in 1959 and has five children. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Sir Edwin Frank Jowitt, ADR Chambers International.
  2. ↑ "Three guilty of teenager's murder". BBC News. 19 December 2002.
  3. 1 2 Masters of the Bench: Sir Edwin Jowitt, Middle Temple.
  4. ↑ Judges to head NI collusion inquiries named, Irish Times (November 16, 2004).
  5. ↑ Interim Report by the Robert Hamill Inquiry to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (January 2010).
  6. ↑ Hamill murder inquiry adjourned, BBC News (May 24, 2005).
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