Edwin Johnson (judge)
British judge
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Sir Edwin Geoffrey Johnson (born 11 May 1963) is a British High Court judge.[1]
Mr Justice Edwin Johnson | |
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| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
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| Born | 11 April 1963 Lincolnshire, England |
| Christ Church, Oxford | |
Personal life and education
Johnson was born in Lincolnshire, England and grew up in Surrey; he was educated at Lancing College. He then attended Christ Church, Oxford where he completed a BA in jurisprudence in 1986.[1][2]
In 1991, he married Mary Thorne and together they have two sons and a daughter.[1]
Career
He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1987 and practised real property and professional negligence from Maitland Chambers.[3] He took silk in 2006 and was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2017. He was an editor of Snell's Equity thirty-first edition in 2005.[4][1] As a practitioner, he appeared before the House of Lords.[5]
On 1 October 2021, Johnson was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Chancery Division.[6][4] He received the customary knighthood in the same year.[1][7] He was appointed President of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) on 1 August 2022. [8]