Sir Frederick Maurice Drake, DFC (15 February 1923 – 6 April 2014)[1] was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales who presided over several high-profile defamation cases in the 1990s including: Taylforth v News Group (1994) and Donovan v The Face (1993).

He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1950, joining 4 Paper Buildings (later Hailsham Chambers), in Inner Temple.

He was appointed a High Court Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division in 1978 where one of his first cases was the murder of Carl Bridgewater.

[2] As a High Court judge, Drake presided over several high-profile defamation cases in the 1990s including: Donovan v The Face (1993) and Taylforth v News Group (1994).

In 1993, he granted an injunction to Princess Diana to prevent the publication of photographs taken without her consent whilst she was exercising.