| Dame Henrietta Hill | |
| Office: | Justice of the High Court |
| Appointer: | Elizabeth II |
| Nationality: | British |
| Termstart: | 11 January 2022 |
| Profession: | Judge |
| Alma Mater: | Cambridge University |
| Birth Date: | 30 September 1973[1] |
| Birth Place: | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Spouse: | Richard Kenyon (m. 2012) |
| Children: | 2 |
Dame Eleanor Mary Henrietta Hill,[2] (born 30 September 1973), styled The Honourable Mrs Justice Hill is a British High Court Judge.[3] [4]
Hill was born on 30 September 1973 in Leeds, Yorkshire where she studied at Gateways School. She studied law at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[5]
She married Richard Kenyon in 2012, with whom she has two sons.
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] 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. 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 2023.[13]