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Andrew Popplewell

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Lord Justice Popplewell
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Lord Justice of Appeal
Assumed office
21 October 2019
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
High Court Judge, Queen's Bench Division
In office
3 October 2011 – 21 October 2019
Personal details
Children3
Alma materDowning College, Cambridge
OccupationLawyer, judge

Sir Andrew John Popplewell PC, styled The Rt Hon Lord Justice Popplewell, is a Lord Justice of Appeal (a judge of the Court of Appeal in England and Wales), having previously served as a High Court judge.

Son of Sir Oliver Popplewell, he was educated at Radley College and Downing College, Cambridge. He has three children: Anna Popplewell, actress star of the Chronicles of Narnia series, Lulu Popplewell, who played Daisy in Love Actually, and Freddie Popplewell, a barrister.[1]

He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1981. He was made a QC in 1997 and was a recorder from 2002 to 2011. He was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) and knighted in 2011.

On 21 October 2019, he was appointed to the Court of Appeal as a Lord Justice of Appeal.[2]

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Oliver Popplewell

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Source: "Andrew Popplewell", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, December 26th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Popplewell.

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References
  1. ^ "Freddie Popplewell profile". Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ^ "No. 62806". The London Gazette. 24 October 2019. p. 19180.


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