| Nationality: | British |
| Occupation: | Judge |
| Profession: | Barrister |
| Ian Stewart Forrester | |
| Office: | Judge in the General Court of the European Union |
| Birth Date: | 1945 |
| Termstart: | 2015 |
| Termend: | 2020 |
| Website: | ianstewartforrester.com |
| Preceded: | Nicholas James Forwood |
Ian Forrester (born 1945) is a former judge in the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).[1] He served from 7 October 2015 to 31 January 2020.[2]
Ian Forrester studied at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, between 1962 and 1967 and graduated with a Master of Arts in History and English Literature and a Bachelor of Laws. Later, in 1969, he graduated with a Master of Comparative Law from Tulane University, Louisiana, New Orleans.
Prior to being appointed to the General Court, he practiced as a barrister in Scotland (with Maclay, Murray & Spens), and New York (with Davis Polk & Wardwell) until 1972, following which he appeared before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Brussels and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. He subsequently established Forrester & Norall, which merged with White & Case in 1997. In 2015, he established a pro bono programme at White & Case.[3]