James Holman (judge)


Sr Edward James Holman is a British judge of the High Court of England and Wales, assigned to the Family Division.

Legal career

Holman was called to the bar in 1971 and was elected a bencher in 1995. He acted for the Queen's Proctor from 1980–91 and legal assessor for the Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting from 1983-95. Holman has served as an officer of the Family Law Bar Association, as secretary 1988–92 and chairman 1992–95. In 1991, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel and a Crown Court Recorder in 1993. He was a member of the Family Proceedings Rules Committee from 1991 and of the Supreme Court Procedure Committee from 1992, leaving both committees in 1995.
On 21 March 1995, he was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Family Division. He was Family Division Liaison Judge for the Western Circuit from 1995 to 2002.