Edward Peter Lawless Faulks, Baron Faulks, KC (born 19 August 1950), is an

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barrister and unaffiliated peer who is the current Chairman of the

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(IPSO). Formerly a

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peer, he was Minister of State for Justice between December 2013 and July 2016.

Background and education

Faulks is the son of Peter Ronald Faulks MC, a circuit judge, and Pamela Faulks (''née'' Lawless). The novelist

Sebastian Faulks Sebastian Charles Faulks (born 20 April 1953) is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He is best known for his historical novels set in France – ''The Girl at the Lion d'Or'', '' Birdsong'' and '' Charlotte Gray''. He has also pub ...

is his younger brother. His uncle was Neville Faulks, Sir Neville Faulks, a High Court judge (England and Wales), High Court judge. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, Wellington College and Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated with an MA and of which he is an honorary fellow.

Career

Faulks was Call to the Bar, called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1973. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1996, an Assistant Recorder (judge), Recorder in 1996, and a Recorder (judge), Recorder in 2000. He became a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 2002. Faulks was chairman of the Professional Negligence Bar Association from 2002 to 2004, Special adviser (UK), special adviser to the Department for Constitutional Affairs on compensation culture from 2005 to 2006, and head of research for the Society of Conservative Lawyers from 2010 to 2012. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He was a literary agent at Curtis Brown (literary agents), Curtis Brown from 1980 to 1981. In 2010 he was created a life peer as Baron Faulks, of Donnington, Berkshire, Donnington in the Royal County of Berkshire. 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 (United Kingdom), Ministry of Justice. He served in this role until July 2016, when he resigned from the government in protest against the appointment of Liz Truss as Secretary of State for Justice by new prime minister Theresa May. Lord Faulks was appointed a Justice at the Astana International Financial Centre Court in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2018. Since January 2020, he has been Chairman of the

, the independent regulator of the majority of newspapers and magazines in the UK. In July 2020, Faulks was appointed chairman of the Independent Review of Administrative Law. The panel submitted its report in January 2021.

Other activities

Faulks is a contributing editor to ''Local Authority Liabilities'', 1998, 4th edition 2009. He is on the board of the social enterprise Liberty Kitchen, set up to reduce recidivism at Pentonville Prison.

Personal life

Lord Faulks married Catherine Frances Turner, daughter of Lindsay Turner and Anthea Cadbury, in 1990. They have two sons. Catherine Faulks is a Conservative councillor on Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council.

References

External links

Lord Faulks – UK Parliament

Lord Faulks – TheyWorkForYou

Lord Edward Faulks QC – GOV.UK
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