Richard Henriques

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Sir Richard Henry Quixano Henriques (born 27 October 1943) is a British retired lawyer and [1] judge who was a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales.

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Early life and education

Henriques was born in south Fylde, educated at Southdene, in South Shore and at Lawrence House Preparatory School in Lytham St Annes, all in Lancashire. [2] He then attended Bradfield College and then Worcester College, Oxford. [3]

He was called to the bar (Inner Temple) in 1967 and made a bencher in 1994. Henriques was made a Queen's Counsel in 1986.

In 1993, Henriques acted as lead prosecution counsel in the James Bulger Murder Trial, during which he successfully rebutted the principle of doli incapax , which at the time presumed that young children could not be held legally responsible for their actions. [4] [5] In 1999, he prosecuted serial killer Dr Harold Shipman for the murders of fifteen patients in his care. [5]

He was later appointed a Crown Court Recorder, [6] and on 19 April 2000 was appointed a High Court judge, [7] receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. He retired in November 2013. [1]

In February 2016 Henriques was asked by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to conduct an independent review of the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of non-recent sexual offence allegations against persons of public importance. His report, published in October 2016, made 25 recommendations on the future conduct of such investigations. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "High Court – Retirement of The Honourable Sir Richard Henriques". www.judiciary.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Confessions of a high court judge - Richard Henriques". www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Preview Record: Mackay, Sir Colin Crichton". Burke's Peerage. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Foster, Jonathan (17 December 1999). "Bulger ruling: If the defendants could not talk about their crime, how could they conduct a defence?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Confessions of a high court judge - Richard Henriques - Blackpool Gazette". Archived from the original on 25 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Hon Mr Justice Henriques". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "No. 55832". The London Gazette . 26 April 2006. p. 4623.
  8. ↑ "Metropolitan Police website". Review of the handling of non-recent sexual offence investigations. Retrieved 12 November 2017.


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