Sir Antony Edwards-Stuart
Sir Antony Edwards-Stuart
MA (Cantab), FCIArb
Sir Antony Edwards-Stuart started practice at 2 Crown Office Row (now Crown Office Chambers) in 1978 after completion of pupillage, following 10 years as a regular Army officer in the 1st Royal Tank Regiment. He developed a busy general common law and commercial practice and was appointed QC and Assistant Recorder 13 years later, in 1991. In 2005 he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge (QBD) and was also elected as Head of Chambers. He was appointed a High Court Judge in 2009 and, from 2013 to 2016, was the Judge in Charge of the Technology & Construction Court (TCC). He retired from the High Court Bench in November 2016.
In addition to his role in the TCC, Sir Antony was a designated judge of the Administrative Court and has heard many cases involving judicial review and European law. In May 2016 he was awarded the Society of Construction Law President’s Medal for his “outstanding contribution to construction law” (the medal is awarded every other year).
His main areas of practice at the Bar were insurance/reinsurance, professional negligence, construction, pollution, product liability, sale of goods and general commercial contract work; latterly with a particular emphasis on complex construction engineering, technical or scientific cases. He appeared as counsel in both the High Court and arbitrations, as well as acting as an international arbitrator.
He was recommended in the legal directories as a Leading Silk in the fields of Construction, Professional Negligence and Insurance/Reinsurance.
Since his retirement from the High Court, Sir Antony has accepted appointments as party appointed arbitrator or chairman in many international and domestic arbitrations. In addition, in 2018 he was appointed Deputy Chair of the Security Vetting Appeals Panel.
Sir Antony is married with adult children, and has lived mainly in London. His principal interest has been the restoration and maintenance of a property in France, which his family owned for over 30 years, and the preservation of local rural traditions.
MA (Cantab), FCIArb
Sir Antony Edwards-Stuart started practice at 2 Crown Office Row (now Crown Office Chambers) in 1978 after completion of pupillage, following 10 years as a regular Army officer in the 1st Royal Tank Regiment. He developed a busy general common law and commercial practice and was appointed QC and Assistant Recorder 13 years later, in 1991. In 2005 he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge (QBD) and was also elected as Head of Chambers. He was appointed a High Court Judge in 2009 and, from 2013 to 2016, was the Judge in Charge of the Technology & Construction Court (TCC). He retired from the High Court Bench in November 2016.
In addition to his role in the TCC, Sir Antony was a designated judge of the Administrative Court and has heard many cases involving judicial review and European law. In May 2016 he was awarded the Society of Construction Law President’s Medal for his “outstanding contribution to construction law” (the medal is awarded every other year).
His main areas of practice at the Bar were insurance/reinsurance, professional negligence, construction, pollution, product liability, sale of goods and general commercial contract work; latterly with a particular emphasis on complex construction engineering, technical or scientific cases. He appeared as counsel in both the High Court and arbitrations, as well as acting as an international arbitrator.
He was recommended in the legal directories as a Leading Silk in the fields of Construction, Professional Negligence and Insurance/Reinsurance.
Since his retirement from the High Court, Sir Antony has accepted appointments as party appointed arbitrator or chairman in many international and domestic arbitrations. In addition, in 2018 he was appointed Deputy Chair of the Security Vetting Appeals Panel.
Sir Antony is married with adult children, and has lived mainly in London. His principal interest has been the restoration and maintenance of a property in France, which his family owned for over 30 years, and the preservation of local rural traditions.