Sir Edward Pepperall was called to the Bar in 1989, appointed a recorder in 2009, Queen's Counsel in 2013, a Deputy High Court Judge in 2016 (Queen's Bench & Chancery) and a Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Falklands Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in 2017. He was appointed a High Court Judge in 2018 and sits in the Queen's Bench Division. He is a judge of the Technology & Construction Court and a Presiding Judge of the Midland Circuit. Sir Edward practised from St Philips Chambers in Birmingham and London, where he was a Deputy Head of Chambers, Chairman of the Commercial Group and Chairman of the Midland Chancery & Commercial Bar Association. He was a barrister member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee for six years and was the chief architect of the 2015 reforms to Part 36. He is an editor of the White Book and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn.