Edwin Jowitt

Sir Edwin Frank Jowitt (born 1 October 1929)[1] is a British former High Court judge. Notable cases overseen by Jowitt include the trial of the murderers of Ross Parker.[2]

Jowitt was educated at Swanwick Hall School and London School of Economics, where he earned his LL.B. He was called to the bar as a member of Middle Temple in 1951. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1969 and was recorder of the Crown Court from 1972 to 1980. He was a circuit judge from 1980 to 1987 and Senior Circuit Judge and honorary Recorder of Birmingham from 1987 to 1988. He was a judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division, from 1988 to 2000. He was knighted in 1988. He was presiding judge of the Midland & Oxford Circuit from 1996 to 1999, was Lent reader in 1997, and became a senior bencher in January 2000.[3]

Following the recommendation of Canadian judge Peter Cory that inquiries into murders in Northern Ireland be undertaken, Jowitt was appointed to chair the Robert Hamill Inquiry.[4][5][6]

Jowitt is interested in fell walking.[3][1] He married in 1959 and has five children.[1]