Henrietta Hill Explained

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]

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.[5]

She married Richard Kenyon in 2012, with whom she has two sons.

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] 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HILL, Miss Henrietta - JustCite . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918103015/http://www.justcite.com/Document/GetProfile?name=henrietta.hill . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022. justcite.com.
  2. Web site: Crown Office The Gazette . 24 October 2022 . thegazette.co.uk.
  3. Web site: High Court Appointments – Morgan QC and Hill QC . 14 September 2022. judiciary.uk .
  4. Web site: Hill, (Eleanor Mary) Henrietta (born 30 September 1973), QC 2015 . subscription . 24 October 2022. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO . 2015 . en . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U283218. 978-0-19-954088-4 .
  5. Web site: 16 September 2021. High Court Judges 2021 . 14 September 2022 . Judicial Appointments Commission . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Eleanor Mary Henrietta Hill - Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers . 14 September 2022. Juriosity.com . en.
  7. Web site: Henrietta Hill > Doughty Street Chambers > London > England Lawyer Profile . 14 September 2022. legal500.com.
  8. Web site: Tobin. 16 December 2021. Sam . Outgoing bar chair appointed to bench . 14 September 2022 . Law Gazette . en.
  9. Web site: 18 November 2021. Public Inquiry to be held into Novichok killing . doughtystreet.co.uk. 8 February 2023.
  10. Web site: London Inner South Coroner's Court Report . 14 September 2022. London Inner South Coroner's Court.
  11. Web site: Ms Henrietta Hill QC . 14 September 2022. coronersociety.org.uk.
  12. Web site: 2017-04-18 . Henrietta Hill QC announced as Deputy Counsel to the Inquiry . 14 September 2022. iicsa.org.uk . en.
  13. Web site: CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD Honours and Awards The Gazette. . 27 July 2023 . 27 July 2023.