Mr Justice Baker went to school in Central Scotland, before studying mathematics at Merton College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1988, and practised for twenty-seven years from 20 Essex Street. As a barrister, Sir Andrew was involved in a range of areas of commercial litigation, with particular expertise in shipping, insurance and reinsurance, international sale of goods, arbitration, conflicts of law, and international banking and derivatives trading. Sir Andrew was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2006. He was a Recorder and a Deputy High Court Judge before his appointment as a High Court Judge in 2016. Sir Andrew has been the Admiralty Judge since 2020. He is formally known as “Mr Justice Andrew Baker”, to prevent confusion with other Judges with the same surname.

Sir Andrew Baker is one of the editors of ‘Time Charters’ (Informa). His recreational interests include music (both listening and playing), sport, and high-performance cars.