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Mr Justice Pepperall
High Court Judge
King's Bench Division

Incumbent

Assumed office
1 October 2018
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Personal details
Born (1966-12-27) 27 December 1966 (age 57)
Bristol, England
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham

Sir Edward Brian Pepperall (born 27 December 1966)[1] is a British High Court judge.

Pepperall was born in Bristol, England and educated at Queen Elizabeth's Hospital in Bristol. His grandfather was former Conservative MP Harold Gurden. He completed an LLB at the University of Birmingham in 1988 and attended the Inns of Court School of Law thereafter.[1][2]

He was called to the baratLincoln's Inn in 1989 and practised commercial and employment law, initially from 2 Fountain Court Chambers in Birmingham and then St Philips Chambers located in Birmingham and London, where he was deputy head of chambers from 2014 to 2017. He served as a recorder from 2009 to 2018 and took silk in 2013. He was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2016. In addition to practice, he contributed to the White Book from 2015. Since 2017, he has been a judge on the Falkland Islands and Other Territories Court of Appeal.[1][2]

On 1 October 2018, Pepperall was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.[3] He took the customary knighthood in the same year. He sits on the Technology and Construction Court. Since 2020, he has been Presiding Judge of the Midland Circuit.[1][4]

Personal life[edit]

In 2003, Pepperall married Sarah Fardell, with whom he has a son and two daughters.[1]

Court Decisions[edit]

In June 2023 Pepperall sentenced Carla Foster, a mother of three to a 28 month prison term for inducing an abortion in a gestational range the coroner estimated at 32 to 34 weeks of pregnancy.[5][6] The ceiling for legal abortion in England and Wales is 24 weeks and after 10 weeks such a procedure must be carried out in a clinic.[7] Pepperall ruled that half of the defendant's sentence should be spent in custody.[6][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Pepperall, Hon. Sir Edward (Brian), (born 27 Dec. 1966)". Who's Who (UK). 1 December 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u258311. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  • ^ a b "Ed Pepperall QC elevated to the High Court Bench". St Philips. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  • ^ "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary UK. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  • ^ "Mr Justice Pepperall". Judiciary UK. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  • ^ "Mother jailed for taking abortion pills after legal limit". BBC News. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  • ^ a b Crown Court (12 June 2023). "THE KING V. CARLA FOSTER, 12 JUNE 2023, SENTENCING REMARKS OF THE HON. MR JUSTICE PEPPERALL" (PDF). Judiciary.UK. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  • ^ NHS UK, National Health Service (20 April 2020). "Abortion Guidelines". nhs.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  • ^ Thomas, Tobi; Siddique, Haroon (12 June 2023). "Outrage at jail sentence for woman who took abortion pills later than UK limit". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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