Edward Faulks, Baron Faulks

The Right Honourable
The Lord Faulks
QC
Minister of State for Civil Justice and Legal Policy
Assumed office
20 January 2014
Prime Minister David Cameron
Personal details
Born Edward Peter Lawless Faulks
(1950-08-19) 19 August 1950
Nationality English
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Catherine Frances Turner
Children 2
Occupation Barrister

Edward Peter Lawless Faulks, Baron Faulks QC (born 19 August 1950), is an English barrister and Queen's Counsel. He was appointed Minister of State for Justice in December 2013.

Background and education

Wellington College, Berkshire

Faulks is the son of His Honour Peter Ronald Faulks MC and Pamela Faulks (née Lawless). The novelist Sebastian Faulks is his younger brother. He was educated at Wellington College and Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated with an MA. He was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, in 1973.

Career

Faulks became a Queen's Counsel in 1996 and a Recorder in 2000. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. 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. In 2010 he was created a life peer as Baron Faulks, of Donnington in the Royal County of Berkshire.[1]

In December 2013 it was announced that with effect from 20 January 2014 Faulks would become a Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice.[2]

Controversy

Other activities

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

Personal life

Lord Faulks married Catherine Frances Turner, daughter of Lindsay Turner and Anthea Cadbury, in 1990. They have two sons. Lady Faulks is an elected member of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.[5]

References

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

External links

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