Andrew Popplewell Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
Lord Justice Popplewell
Office:Lord Justice of Appeal
Term Start:21 October 2019
Office2:High Court Judge, Queen's Bench Division
Term Start2:3 October 2011
Term End2:21 October 2019
Alma Mater:Downing College, Cambridge
Occupation:Lawyer, judge
Children:3

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Freddie Popplewell profile. 29 October 2022.