James Eadie (barrister)
Sir James Eadie QC | |
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First Treasury Counsel (Common Law) | |
Assumed office January 2009 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Philip Sales |
Personal details | |
Born |
James Raymond Eadie March 1962 (age 56) Kensington, London, England |
Parents |
Douglas George Arnott Eadie[1] Gillian Carlyon Coates/Eadie |
Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Barrister |
Sir James Raymond Eadie, QC (born March 1962) is a British barrister. Since January 2009, he has served as the First Treasury Counsel (Common Law) or "Treasury Devil", the government's independent barrister on legal issues of national importance.[2][3][4] In 2016 he represented the UK Government in the R (Miller and Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union case.[5]
Eadie was born in March 1962 in Kensington, London, England.[6][7] He attended Radley College and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[8][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.
References
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "James Eadie QC". Blackstone Chambers. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- 1 2 "James Eadie QC". The Legal 500. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ↑ Brooke, Henry (23 October 2016). "The Treasury Devil". sirhenrybrooke.me. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "What is the Article 50 case all about?". BBC News. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "James Raymond EADIE". Gov.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ↑ "The Old Radleian 2012". issuu. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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