Edward Faulks, Baron Faulks

Edward Faulks
Born Edward Peter Lawless Faulks
August 19, 1950 (1950-08-19) (age 61)
Nationality English
Other names Baron Faulks
Occupation Barrister
Queen's Counsel

Edward Peter Lawless Faulks QC, Baron Faulks of Donnington in the Royal County of Berkshire, is an English barrister and Queen's Counsel.

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Biography

He was born 19 August 1950. He is the son of His Honour Peter Ronald Faulks, MC and Pamela Faulks (née Lawless) and is the brother of the novelist Sebastian Faulks. In 1990 he married Catherine Frances Turner, daughter of Lindsay Turner and Anthea Cadbury; they have two sons.

Education

He was educated at Wellington College and Jesus College, Oxford, with an MA.

Career

He became a QC in 1996 and a Recorder in 2000.

He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He was called to the Bar, in the Middle Temple, in 1973. He became a bencher in 2002. He was a Literary Agent, for Curtis Brown, from 1980–81. He was an Assistant Recorder, 1996–2000. He was Chairman of the Professional Negligence Bar Association 2002–04 and Special Advisor to the Department for Constitutional Affairs on compensation culture, 2005–06.

Other activities

He is a contributing editor to "Local Authority Liabilities", 1998, 4th edition 2009.

References

  1. Who's who 2011 (163rd ed.). London: A. & C. Black. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4081-2856-5.