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Dame Henrietta Hill | |
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| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 11 January 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1973 [1] Leeds,United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Richard Kenyon (m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Profession | Judge |
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]
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]
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]
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