James Eadie (barrister)

Sir James Eadie
KC
First Treasury Counsel (Common Law)
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2009
Monarchs
Preceded byPhilip Sales
Personal details
Born
James Raymond Eadie

March 1962 (age 62)
Kensington, London, England
Parent(s)Douglas George Arnott Eadie[1]
Gillian Carlyon Coates
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
OccupationBarrister

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), the government's independent barrister on legal issues of national importance.[2][3][4] He represented the UK Government in the R (Miller and Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union case in 2016,[5] and in the R (Miller) v The Prime Minister case in 2019.[6]

Eadie was born in March 1962 in Kensington, London, England.[7][8] He attended Radley College and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[9][2] He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1984 and took silk in 2008.[3] He was appointed knight bachelor in the 2018 Birthday Honours 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 Begum v Home Secretary, concerning the application of Shamima Begum to enter the United Kingdom.[10]

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  4. ^ "What is the Article 50 case all about?". BBC News. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  5. ^ correspondent, Owen Bowcott Legal affairs (16 September 2019). "Supreme court to hear claims suspension of parliament is unlawful". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "Eadie, James R., Mother's maiden name: Coates, Registration district: Kensington, Index volume & page: 5c & 1856". Transcription of the index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales 1835–1983. ONS. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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  9. ^ 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) [2021] UKSC 7 26 February 2021