Masters of the Bench

Full Title: Sir Edwin Jowitt

Category: Senior Benchers

Bench Call Date: 21-07-1977

Call Date: 27-11-1951

Bio:

Education: Swanwick Hall Grammar School; LSE; LLB

Admission: 31 January 1949; Call 27 November 1951; Midland & Oxford Circuit 1952-80; Deputy Chairman, Rutland QS 1967-71; QC 1969; Deputy Chairman, Derbyshire QS 1970-71; Recorder of the Crown Court 1972-80; Circuit Judge 1980-87; Senior Circuit Judge and Hon Recorder of Birmingham 1987-88; High Court Judge, QBD 1988-2000; Knighted 1988; Presiding Judge Midland & Oxford Circuit 1996-99; Reader Lent 1997; Senior Bencher 5 January 2000

Recreations: Fell Walking; Cycling