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	'''Edward Peter Lawless Faulks, ~~Lord~~ Faulks''' QC (born 19 August 1950), is an ] ] and unaffiliated ]. He was ] between December 2013 and July 2016 ~~and is the current Chairman of the ] (IPSO)~~.		'''Edward Peter Lawless Faulks, Baron Faulks''', ] (born 19 August 1950), is an ] ] and unaffiliated ] who is the current Chairman of the ] (IPSO). Formerly a ] peer, he was ] between December 2013 and July 2016.

	==Background and education==		==Background and education==
		⚫	Faulks is the son of Peter Ronald Faulks ], a ], and Pamela Faulks (''née'' Lawless). The novelist ] is his younger brother. His uncle was ], a ].
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⚫	Faulks is the son of ~~His Honour~~ Peter Ronald Faulks ] and Pamela Faulks (née Lawless). The novelist ] is his younger brother. His uncle was ], a High Court judge.

	He was educated at ] and ], where he graduated with an MA and ~~now~~ ~~serves~~ as an ~~Honorary~~ ~~Fellow~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/people/honorary-fellows\|title=Honorary Fellows {{!}} Jesus College, University of Oxford\|website=www.jesus.ox.ac.uk\|language=en\|access-date=2017-12-04}}</ref> ~~He was ], ], in 1973.~~		He was educated at ] and ], where he graduated with an MA and of which he is an honorary fellow.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/people/honorary-fellows\|title=Honorary Fellows {{!}} Jesus College, University of Oxford\|website=www.jesus.ox.ac.uk\|language=en\|access-date=2017-12-04\|archive-date=1 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601110957/https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/people/honorary-fellows\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Career==		== Career ==
			Faulks was ] by the ] in 1973. He became a ] in 1996, an Assistant ] in 1996, and a ] in 2000. He became a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 2002.
	Faulks became a ] in 1996 and a ] in 2000. He is a member of the ]. He became a bencher in 2002. He was a Literary Agent, for ], from 1980–81. He was an Assistant Recorder, 1996–2000. He was Chairman of the Professional Negligence Bar Association 2002–04 and Special Advisor to the ] on compensation culture, 2005–06. In 2010 he was created a ] as '''Baron Faulks''', of ] in the ].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=59497 \|date=26 July 2010 \|page=14201 }}</ref>

			Faulks was chairman of the Professional Negligence Bar Association from 2002 to 2004, ] to the ] on compensation culture from 2005 to 2006, and head of research for the ] from 2010 to 2012. He is a member of the ]. He was a literary agent at ] from 1980 to 1981.
⚫	In December 2013 it was announced that with effect from 20 January 2014 Faulks would become a ] at the ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-changes-december-2013 \|title=Ministerial changes: December 2013 \|date=18 December 2013 \|access-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> He served in this role until July 2016 when he resigned from the government ~~voicing~~ ~~concerns~~ ~~about~~ the appointment of ~~a non-lawyer,~~ ], as ] by new prime minister ].<ref>{{cite news \|last=Gibb \|first=Frances \|title=Justice minister quits with blast at 'novice' lord chancellor \|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/justice-minister-quits-with-blast-at-novice-lord-chancellor-x99qd8xl5 \|date=19 July 2016 \|access-date=19 July 2016 \|newspaper=] \|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

		⚫	In 2010 he was created a ] as '''Baron Faulks''', of ] in the ].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=59497 \|date=26 July 2010 \|page=14201 }}</ref> In December 2013 it was announced that with effect from 20 January 2014 Faulks would become a ] at the ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-changes-december-2013 \|title=Ministerial changes: December 2013 \|date=18 December 2013 \|access-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> He served in this role until July 2016, when he resigned from the government in protest against the appointment of ] as ] by new prime minister ].<ref>{{cite news \|last=Gibb \|first=Frances \|title=Justice minister quits with blast at 'novice' lord chancellor \|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/justice-minister-quits-with-blast-at-novice-lord-chancellor-x99qd8xl5 \|date=19 July 2016 \|access-date=19 July 2016 \|newspaper=] \|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
⚫	Lord Faulks was appointed a Justice at the Astana International Financial Centre Court in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2018.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~ \|title=UK judges head new court in Kazakhstan \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-judges-head-new-court-in-kazakhstan-0dkf6c87d \|website=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref>

		⚫	Lord Faulks was appointed a Justice at the ] Court in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2018.<ref>{{cite news \|title=UK judges head new court in Kazakhstan \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-judges-head-new-court-in-kazakhstan-0dkf6c87d \|website=www.thetimes.co.uk\|last1=Gibb \|first1=Frances }}</ref>

	Since January 2020, he has been Chairman of the ],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ipso.co.uk/news-press-releases/press-releases/eminent-qc-appointed-as-ipso-chairman/\|title=Eminent QC appointed as IPSO Chairman\|website=www.ipso.co.uk\|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref> the independent regulator of the majority of newspapers and magazines in the UK.		Since January 2020, he has been Chairman of the ],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ipso.co.uk/news-press-releases/press-releases/eminent-qc-appointed-as-ipso-chairman/\|title=Eminent QC appointed as IPSO Chairman\|website=www.ipso.co.uk\|access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref> 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.
	==Controversy==
	On 10 June 2015, Faulks questioned in the House of Lords "But the question that arises out of social welfare law is whether it is always necessary for everybody who has quite real problems to have a lawyer at £200-odd an hour, or whether there are better and more effective ways of giving advice.".<ref>{{citation\|title=Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012\|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldhansrd/text/150610-0001.htm#15061054000331\|date=10 June 2015\|work=Lords Hansard}}</ref> The fact-checking web-site FullFact.org investigated and concluded that the claim was untrue - only in exceptionally rare circumstances do legal aid lawyers command such charges, with £50-£70 per hour being a routine fee.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Legal aid lawyers aren't on £200 an hour\|url=https://fullfact.org/factcheck/law/200_hour_legal_aid-45646\|date=6 July 2015\|work=FullFact.org}}</ref>

	==Other activities==		==Other activities==
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	==Personal life==		==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 ].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Lord Feldman's failure to vote leaves Faulks furious\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10080646/Lord-Feldmans-failure-to-vote-leaves-Faulks-furious.html\|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Cllr Catherine Faulks\|url=https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/committees/Members/tabid/62/ctl/ViewCMIS_Person/mid/384/id/383/Default.aspx\|publisher=RBKC\|access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref>		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 ].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Lord Feldman's failure to vote leaves Faulks furious\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10080646/Lord-Feldmans-failure-to-vote-leaves-Faulks-furious.html\|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Cllr Catherine Faulks\|url=https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/committees/Members/tabid/62/ctl/ViewCMIS_Person/mid/384/id/383/Default.aspx\|publisher=RBKC\|access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref>

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			\|crest = Within an ancient crown Or a monocerosphinx Argent horned and the tail tufted Or each wing charged with an estoile Gules the dexter foreclaws holding a palm branch Or entwining the horn of a slip of briar Vert.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Debrett's Peerage \|date=2015 \|page=448}}</ref>
			\|supporters = On either side a lion Argent collared and the tail tufted Or tied to the back of the collar a banderolle Gules and a line the last reflexed around the body and terminating in an annulet Vert perched upon the interior paw a dove Or the interior hindfoot resting on a castle per pale Vert and Gules.
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Latest revision as of 16:25, 26 February 2024

English barrister and Queen's Counsel

The Right HonourableThe Lord FaulksKC


Minister of State for Civil Justice and Legal Policy
In office 20 January 2014 – 19 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord McNally
Succeeded by	No appointment
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 July 2010 Life Peerage

Personal details
Born	Edward Peter Lawless Faulks (1950-08-19) 19 August 1950 (age 74)
Nationality	English
Political party	Unaffiliated (formerly Conservative)
Spouse	Catherine Frances Turner
Children	2
Relatives	Sebastian Faulks (brother) Sir Neville Faulks (uncle)
Occupation	Barrister

Edward Peter Lawless Faulks, Baron Faulks, KC (born 19 August 1950), is an English barrister and unaffiliated peer who is the current Chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Formerly a Conservative 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 is his younger brother. His uncle was Sir Neville Faulks, a High Court judge.

He was educated at Wellington College and Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated with an MA and of which he is an honorary fellow.

Career

Faulks was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1973. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1996, an Assistant Recorder in 1996, and a 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 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 from 1980 to 1981.

In 2010 he was created a life peer as Baron Faulks, of 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. 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 Independent Press Standards Organisation, 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.

Arms

Coat of arms of Edward Faulks, Baron Faulks
Crest Within an ancient crown Or a monocerosphinx Argent horned and the tail tufted Or each wing charged with an estoile Gules the dexter foreclaws holding a palm branch Or entwining the horn of a slip of briar Vert. Escutcheon Argent a chevron engrailed Gules between three hierocosphinxes with the forelegs and hoofs of stags Vert about the neck of each a torse Or and Azure on a chief Vert two elephants statant each burdened with a tower Or each tusked and having a panache of three ostrich feathers at the brow Argent that on the dexter having the housings on the back Gules that on the sinister having the housings on the back Azure. Supporters On either side a lion Argent collared and the tail tufted Or tied to the back of the collar a banderolle Gules and a line the last reflexed around the body and terminating in an annulet Vert perched upon the interior paw a dove Or the interior hindfoot resting on a castle per pale Vert and Gules. Motto Audentia Et Clementia

References

"Honorary Fellows | Jesus College, University of Oxford". www.jesus.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
"No. 59497". The London Gazette. 26 July 2010. p. 14201.
"Ministerial changes: December 2013". 18 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
Gibb, Frances (19 July 2016). "Justice minister quits with blast at 'novice' lord chancellor". The Times. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
Gibb, Frances. "UK judges head new court in Kazakhstan". www.thetimes.co.uk.
"Eminent QC appointed as IPSO Chairman". www.ipso.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
"Our Board". www.libertykitchen.org. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
"Lord Feldman's failure to vote leaves Faulks furious". The Daily Telegraph.
"Cllr Catherine Faulks". RBKC. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
Debrett's Peerage. 2015. p. 448.

Who's who 2011 (163rd ed.). London: A. & C. Black. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4081-2856-5.

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Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded byThe Lord Beecham	Gentlemen The Lord Faulks	Followed byThe Lord Allan of Hallam

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