Sir Henry Bernard Eder (born 16 October 1952) is an

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barrister and a former High Court Judge from 2011 to 2015.

Early life and education

Eder was born in Malta and came to England in 1958. He was educated at

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and

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at the

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(BA, 1974). He is the older brother of

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Legal career

Eder was called to the bar at

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in 1975 and became a member of 4 Essex Court (thereafter renamed

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) specialising in commercial litigation and international arbitration. He was appointed a QC in 1990, recorder from 2000 to 2001, and judge of the

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( Queen's Bench Division) in 2011 where he regularly sat in the Commercial Court and also from time to time in the Queen's Bench Division, the

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and in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division until his resignation on 1 April 2015. On 7 May 2015, Eder was appointed a non-permanent International Judge at the Singapore International Commercial Court and continues to sit. In June 2016, he was appointed as a temporary Acting Judge in the

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assigned to the Commercial Division in the

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. He regularly delivers lectures/speeches in the UK and in other parts of the world. He was formerly Visiting Professor at

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(1999–2003) where he gave a series of lectures on shipping law as part of the LLM course. He is now a member of the Institute of Maritime Law,

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, and continues to give lectures on a wide range of legal topics at universities in

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and around the world. He was the previous Senior Editor of ''Scrutton on Charterparties and Bills of Lading. He is now a full-time arbitrator at 24, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.

References

1952 births Living people People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple Queen's Bench Division judges Place of birth missing (living people) Knights Bachelor

External links

Personal website
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