Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond
The Baroness Hale of Richmond | |
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| President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 5 September 2017 – 11 January 2020 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Deputy | Lord Mance Lord Reed |
| Preceded by | Lord Neuberger |
| Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 28 June 2013 – 4 September 2017 | |
| President | Lord Neuberger |
| Preceded by | Lord Hope |
| Succeeded by | Lord Mance |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1 October 2009 – 28 June 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Lord Hamblen |
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
| In office 12 January 2004 – 30 September 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Lord Millett |
| Succeeded by | Position eliminated |
| Lady Justice of Appeal | |
| In office 1999–2003 | |
| High Court Judge Family Division | |
| In office 1994–1999 | |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal (Judicial Peer) | |
| In office 12 January 2004 – 1 October 2009 | |
| 7th Chancellor of the University of Bristol | |
| In office 2004–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Jeremy Morse |
| Succeeded by | Sir Paul Nurse |
| Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Brenda Marjorie Hale 31 January 1945 Yorkshire, England |
| Spouse(s) |
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| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge |
Brenda Marjorie Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, PC, known as Lady Hale (born 31 January 1945), is a British judge. She was President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2020.[1]
In 2004, she joined the House of Lords as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. She is the only woman to have been appointed to this position.
References
- ↑ Senior Judiciary List Archived 18 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Justice.