 "A True European", a collection of essays for Sir David Edward, was published on his retirement, including "Tales from the Tartan Chambers".Edward sat as a temporary judge of the Court of Session in Scotland, hearing civil appeals, until 2009.He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2004, having been made a Companion of that Order in 1981, and in December 2005 was sworn into the Privy Council.