Andrew McFarlane (judge)
Sir Andrew Ewart McFarlane, PC is a British judge. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales from 2011 to 2018, and became President of the Family Division in July 2018 upon Sir James Munby’s retirement from that office.Early life and education
McFarlane was born on 30 June 1954. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and studied law at Collingwood College, Durham, and graduated in 1975. He was an early member of Durham University Sensible Thespians, a sketch comedy group founded in 1973.Legal career
McFarlane was called to the bar in 1977 and has been a Bencher since 2003. In 1998, he became a Queen's Counsel. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1995, a Recorder in 1999 and a deputy High Court Judge in 2000. He was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Justice on 18 April 2005 and assigned to the Family Division, receiving the customary knighthood. McFarlane was the Family Division Liaison Judge for the Midland Circuit from 2006 until his appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal on 28 July 2011, whereupon he received the customary appointment to the Privy Council. He is the President of Tribunals and Chair of the Clergy Discipline Commission of the Church of England under the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003.
