Sir Edwin Frank Jowitt (born 1 October 1929)[1] is a British former High Court judge.
Notable cases overseen by Jowitt include the trial of the murderers of Ross Parker.
He was a judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division, from 1988 to 2000.
He was presiding judge of the Midland & Oxford Circuit from 1996 to 1999, was Lent reader in 1997, and became a senior bencher in January 2000.
[3] Following the recommendation of Canadian judge Peter Cory that inquiries into murders in Northern Ireland be undertaken, Jowitt was appointed to chair the Robert Hamill Inquiry.