David Edward

The Right Honourable Sir David Edward KCMG QC FRSE
Member of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
In office 1992–2004
Preceded by	Lord Slynn of Hadley
Succeeded by	Sir Konrad Schiemann
Personal details
Born	1934 Perth, Scotland
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth
Alma mater	University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh
Profession	Advocate

Sir David Alexander Ogilvy Edward, KCMG, QC, FRSE, PC (born 1934) is a Scottish lawyer and academic, and former Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities.

Early life

Edward was born in 1934 in Perth. He studied Classics at the University of Oxford, taking a break midway for National Service in the Navy, and Law at the University of Edinburgh, being called to the Bar in 1962 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1974. He subsequently served as Clerk and then Treasurer of the Faculty, and represented the Faculty at the Consultative Committee of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Community, of which he served as President between 1978-80.

He was Salvesen Professor of European Institutions and Director of the Europa Institute at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh from 1985 to 1989, during which time he served on three occasions as Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities.

European Court of Justice

In 1989, he was appointed one of the inaugural Judges of the newly-created European Court of First Instance, and in 1992 was appointed Judge of the European Court of Justice, a position from which he retired in 2004.

Retirement

Sir David now sits as a temporary judge of the Court of Session in Scotland, hearing civil appeals. He was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2004, having been made a Companion of that Order in 1981, and in December 2005 was sworn of the Privy Council. He is the Chairman of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and of the Scottish Council of Independent Schools. He is an Honorary Fellow of University College, Oxford and an Honorary Bencher of Gray's Inn. He is Professor Emeritus of the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh, and Chairman of its Europa Institute. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and in 2005 received the Society's Royal Gold Medal. In 2011, He was appointed as the Honorary President of the Scottish Arbitration Centre.

Sir David was a member of the Commission on Scottish Devolution chaired by Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.

External links

• Professor Sir David Edward, Edinburgh Law School
• University of Denver David Edward Oral History site
  • University of Denver Biography of David Edward