Henrietta Hill

Dame Henrietta Hill
DBE
Justice of the High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 January 2022
Appointed byElizabeth II
Personal details
Born (1973-09-30) 30 September 1973 (age 51)[1]
Leeds, United Kingdom
SpouseRichard Kenyon (m. 2012)
Children2
Alma materCambridge University
ProfessionJudge

Dame Eleanor Mary Henrietta Hill[2] DBE (born 30 September 1973), 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.[5] She received the customary damehood in 2023.[13]

References

  1. ^ "HILL, Miss Henrietta - JustCite". justcite.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b "High Court Appointments – Morgan QC and Hill QC". judiciary.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Hill, (Eleanor Mary) Henrietta (born 30 September 1973), QC 2015". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2015. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U283218. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "High Court Judges 2021". Judicial Appointments Commission. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Eleanor Mary Henrietta Hill - Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers". Juriosity.com. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Henrietta Hill > Doughty Street Chambers > London > England | Lawyer Profile". legal500.com. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  8. ^ Tobin, Sam (16 December 2021). "Outgoing bar chair appointed to bench". Law Gazette. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Public Inquiry to be held into Novichok killing". doughtystreet.co.uk. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  10. ^ "London Inner South Coroner's Court Report". London Inner South Coroner's Court. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Ms Henrietta Hill QC". coronersociety.org.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Henrietta Hill QC announced as Deputy Counsel to the Inquiry". iicsa.org.uk. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  13. ^ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". London Gazette. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.