James Eadie (barrister)

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Sir James Eadie
KC
First Treasury Counsel (Common Law)
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2009
Preceded by Philip Sales
Personal details
Born
James Raymond Eadie

March 1962 (age 63)
Kensington, London, England
Parent(s)Douglas George Arnott Eadie [1]
Gillian Carlyon Coates
Alma mater Magdalene College, Cambridge
Occupation Barrister

Sir James Raymond Eadie, KC (born March 1962) is a British barrister. Since January 2009, he has served as the First Treasury Counsel (Common Law), the government's independent barrister on legal issues of national importance. [2] [3] [4] He represented the UK Government in the R (Miller and Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union case in 2016, [5] and in the R (Miller) v The Prime Minister case in 2019. [6]

Eadie was born in March 1962 in Kensington, London, England. [7] [8] He attended Radley College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. [9] [2] He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1984 and took silk in 2008. [3] He was appointed knight bachelor in the 2018 Birthday Honours List. In September 2019, he represented the British government in the Supreme Court case to determine the legality of Boris Johnson's prorogation.

In 2020, he successfully represented the Home Secretary in the Supreme Court case of Begum v Home Secretary , concerning the application of Shamima Begum to enter the United Kingdom. [10]

He represented the British government in the Afghan data leak superinjunction case at the Court of Appeal in June 2024; appealing a High Court ruling, he told the court that to discharge the injunction would bring down “immediate risks on the heads of everyone” and that even the intelligence and security committee should not be told about what had happened. The judges agreed, and the case was sent back to the High Court, superinjunction intact; none of this was publicly revealed until July 2025, when the superinjunction was lifted. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Eadie, Douglas George Arnott (1931–2000)". Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online. The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "James Eadie QC". Blackstone Chambers. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Brooke, Henry (23 October 2016). "The Treasury Devil". sirhenrybrooke.me. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "What is the Article 50 case all about?". BBC News. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  5. ↑ correspondent, Owen Bowcott Legal affairs (16 September 2019). "Supreme court to hear claims suspension of parliament is unlawful". The Guardian– via www.theguardian.com.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ↑ "Eadie, James R., Mother's maiden name: Coates, Registration district: Kensington, Index volume & page: 5c & 1856". Transcription of the index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales 1835–1983. ONS. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "James Raymond EADIE". Gov.uk . Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Old Radleian 2012". issuu . Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  9. ↑ R (on the application of Begum) (Appellant) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Respondent) R (on the application of Begum) (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) Begum (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) [2021] UKSC 7 26 February 2021
  10. ↑ "My court fight to lift superinjunction and expose government's secret failings". The Independent. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.


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