Edward Faulks, Baron Faulks
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Born | Edward Peter Lawless Faulks 19 August 1950 |
Nationality | English |
Political party | Unaffiliated (formerly Conservative) |
Spouse | Catherine Frances Turner |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Sebastian Faulks (brother) Sir Neville Faulks (uncle) |
Occupation | Barrister |
Edward Peter Lawless Faulks, Baron Faulks,
Background and education
Faulks is the son of Peter Ronald Faulks MC, a circuit judge, and Pamela Faulks (née Lawless). The novelist Sebastian Faulks is his younger brother. His uncle was Sir Neville Faulks, a High Court judge.
He was educated at Wellington College and Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated with an MA and of which he is an honorary fellow.[1]
Career
Faulks was
in 2000. He became a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 2002.Faulks was chairman of the Professional Negligence Bar Association from 2002 to 2004,
In 2010 he was created a
Lord Faulks was appointed a Justice at the Astana International Financial Centre Court in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2018.[5]
Since January 2020, he has been Chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation,[6] the independent regulator of the majority of newspapers and magazines in the UK.
In July 2020, Faulks was appointed chairman of the Independent Review of Administrative Law. The panel submitted its report in January 2021.
Other activities
Faulks is a contributing editor to
Personal life
Lord Faulks married Catherine Frances Turner, daughter of Lindsay Turner and Anthea Cadbury, in 1990. They have two sons. Catherine Faulks is a Conservative councillor on Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council.[8][9]
Arms
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References
- ^ "Honorary Fellows | Jesus College, University of Oxford". www.jesus.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "No. 59497". The London Gazette. 26 July 2010. p. 14201.
- ^ "Ministerial changes: December 2013". 18 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ Gibb, Frances (19 July 2016). "Justice minister quits with blast at 'novice' lord chancellor". The Times. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Gibb, Frances. "UK judges head new court in Kazakhstan". www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ "Eminent QC appointed as IPSO Chairman". www.ipso.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Our Board". www.libertykitchen.org. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Lord Feldman's failure to vote leaves Faulks furious". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Cllr Catherine Faulks". RBKC. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2015. p. 448.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2856-5.