Henrietta Hill
Eleanor Mary Henrietta Hill | |
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| High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
| Assumed office 11 January 2022 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1973[1] Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Profession | Judge (former barrister) |
Dame Eleanor Mary Henrietta Hill,[2] DBE, (aged 49) styled The Honourable Mrs Justice Hill is a British High Court Judge.[3][4]
Early life and education
Hill was born on 30 September 1973 in Leeds, Yorkshire where she studied at Gateways School. She studied law at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[4][5]
She married Richard Kenyon in 2012, with whom she has two sons.[4]
Career
Hill was called to the Bar in October 1997 at Inner Temple,[6] specialising in public inquiries, inquests and discrimination law. Before becoming a judge, she was a member of Doughty Street Chambers.[7]
Hill has been involved in many high-profile inquiries. These include representing 22 families concerning the Hillsborough disaster and acting for the family of Dawn Sturgess in the inquest concerning poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.[8][9]
Hill was appointed as an Assistant Coroner in 2013.[10][5] She is now an Honorary/Retired member of the Coroners' Society of England and Wales.[11]
She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2015 by Queen Elizabeth II.[3]
From 2016 to 2021 Hill was Deputy Counsel to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.[12]
In 2022, she was appointed a High Court Judge. She received the customary damehood in the same year.[5]
References
- ^ "HILL, Miss Henrietta - JustCite". www.justcite.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-18. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ a b "High Court Appointments – Morgan QC and Hill QC". www.judiciary.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ a b c "Hill, (Eleanor Mary) Henrietta, (born 30 Sept. 1973), QC 2015". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2015. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U283218. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ a b c "High Court Judges 2021". Judicial Appointments Commission. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Eleanor Mary Henrietta Hill - Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers". Juriosity. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Henrietta Hill > Doughty Street Chambers > London > England | Lawyer Profile". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ Tobin, Sam (2021-12-16). "Outgoing bar chair appointed to bench". Law Gazette. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Public Inquiry to be held into Novichok killing". doughtystreet chambers. 2021-11-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "London Inner South Coroner's Court Report". London Inner South Coroner's Court. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ms Henrietta Hill QC". www.coronersociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Henrietta Hill QC announced as Deputy Counsel to the Inquiry". www.iicsa.org.uk. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2022-09-14.