Sir James Raymond Eadie, KC (born March 1962) is a British barrister. Since January 2009, he has served as the First Treasury Counsel (Common Law) or "

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", the government's independent barrister on legal issues of national importance. He represented the UK Government in the ''

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'' case in 2016, and in the '' R (Miller) v The Prime Minister'' case in 2019. Eadie was born in March 1962 in Kensington, London, England. He attended

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and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at

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in 1984 and

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in 2008. He was appointed

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in the

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List. In September 2019, he represented the British government in the Supreme Court case to determine the legality of Boris Johnson's prorogation. In 2020, he successfully represented the Home Secretary in the Supreme Court case of ''

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'', to do with

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.R (on the application of Begum) (Appellant) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Respondent) R (on the application of Begum) (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) Begum (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant)

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