James Charles Mathew

The Right Honourable Sir James Charles Mathew
In The Sketch, 29 April 1896
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office 19 October 1901 – 25 January 1906
Justice of the High Court
In office 3 March 1881 – 19 October 1901
Personal details
Born	Lehenagh House, County Cork (1830-07-10)10 July 1830
Died	9 November 1908(1908-11-09) (aged 78) London
Resting place	St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cork
Spouse	Elizabeth Biron ​ (m. 1861)​
Children	5
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin

Sir James Charles Mathew (10 July 1830 – 9 November 1908) was an Irish-born judge. Born in an Irish Catholic family in Cork, Mathew was educated at the largely Protestant Trinity College, Dublin, before joining the English bar. In 1881, although still a junior barrister, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice, where he sat in the Queen's Bench Division and was said to be the best nisi prius judge of his time. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 1901, before resigned from the bench for health reasons in 1905.

Mathew was a driving force behind the creation of Commercial List in 1895, the forerunner of the modern Commercial Court, and was the first judge in charge of the List.