# Andrew Baker

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British judge

For other people named Andrew Baker, see [Andrew Baker (disambiguation)](/source/Andrew_Baker_(disambiguation)).

The Honourable Mr Justice Andrew Baker Baker in 2022 Justice of the High Court Incumbent Assumed office 1 November 2016 Monarchs Elizabeth II Charles III Personal details Born (1965-12-21) 21 December 1965 (age 60) Alma mater Merton College, Oxford

**Sir Andrew William Baker** (born 21 December 1965), styled **The Hon. Mr Justice Andrew Baker**, is a [judge of the High Court of England and Wales](/source/High_Court_judge_(England_and_Wales)).[1] He is currently Judge in Charge of the [Admiralty Court](/source/Admiralty_court).[2]

## Biography

He was educated at [Lenzie Academy](/source/Lenzie_Academy), read mathematics at [Merton College, Oxford](/source/Merton_College%2C_Oxford), and completed a postgraduate diploma in law at [City, University of London](/source/City%2C_University_of_London).[3][1]

He was called to the bar at [Lincoln's Inn](/source/Lincoln's_Inn) in 1988. He was made a judge of the [High Court of Justice](/source/High_Court_of_Justice) ([King's Bench Division](/source/King's_Bench_Division)) in 2016 and invested a knight in the [2016 Special Honours](/source/2016_Special_Honours).[4] He is correctly described as Mr Justice Andrew Baker, distinguishing him from other judges, including [Jeremy Baker](/source/Jeremy_Baker), with the same surname.

In April 2021, he dismissed a billion-dollar lawsuit against British financier [Sanjay Shah](/source/Sanjay_Shah) and several other people. The Danish Tax Agency raised the case in 2018.[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) ["Mr Justice Andrew Baker"](https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/mr-justice-andrew-baker/). *Courts and Tribunals Judiciary*. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Other roles held by Senior Members of the Judiciary"](https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/who-are-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list/other-roles-senior-judiciary/). *Courts and Tribunals Judiciary*. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ‘BAKER, Andrew William’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["No. 2666969"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/2666969/page/1105). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 16 December 2016. p. 1105.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Croft, Jane (27 April 2021). ["Danish tax authority loses High Court 'cum-ex' case"](https://www.ft.com/content/84e19602-708f-4d91-adcb-bdf76cff3107). *Financial Times*.

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