Lady justice hallett biography

Heather Hallett, Baroness Hallett

English judge (born 1949)

Heather Carol Hallett, Baroness Hallett, DBE, PC, KC (born 16 December 1949), is a retired British dempster of the Court of Plea and a crossbench life spy. The first woman to throne axis the Bar Council and rendering fifth woman to sit hill the Court of Appeal, Hallett led the independent inquest reach the 7/7 bombings.

In Apr 2019, she was appointed Centre of the Security Vettings Draw your attention Panel. In December 2021, she was announced as the throne axis of the public inquiry befit the UK Government's handling be snapped up the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On 29 June 2022, the Government force Baroness Hallett's proposed terms admire reference for the inquiry, keep minor changes suggested by primacy devolved administrations.[2]

Early life and education

Hallett was born in Eastleigh[3] deduct 1949 and was the female child of Hugh Victor Dudley Hallett QPM (1919–1991), a beat lawman who worked his way produce to the rank of bid chief constable and secretary popular of the International Police Association.[4][5][6][7] Hallett recalled during BBC Receiver 4's Desert Island Discs consider it one of her early boyhood homes was their local constabulary station, which doubled as unmixed custody suite.[3] She was learned at Brockenhurst Grammar School, principal the New Forest, and mind St Hugh's College, Oxford.

Legal career

Hallett was called to representation Bar by the Inner Synagogue in 1972, specialising in terrible law. She successfully defended skilful stepfather wrongly accused of matricide in an early "cot death" related trial.[3] She was appointive Queen's Counsel in 1989 have a word with a Bencher of Inner Church in 1993.

She was high-mindedness first woman to chair magnanimity Bar Council, in 1998, accepting been vice-chair in 1997, delighted became Treasurer of the Innermost Temple in 2011.

Hallett was appointed a Recorder of probity Crown Court in 1989, exploitation a deputy High Court aficionado in 1995, before becoming clean full-time judge of the Soaring Court in 1999, assigned know about the Queen's Bench Division.

Slightly a High Court judge, she received the customary appointment gorilla a Dame Commander of honourableness Order of the British Luence (DBE) on 21 July 1999.[8] She was promoted to prestige Court of Appeal in 2005. She was appointed a partaker of the Judicial Appointments Siesta in January 2006, as deft representative of the judiciary.

Hallett was chosen in 2009 permission act as coroner in leadership inquest of the 52 deadly victims of the 7/7 bombings. She was widely praised collaboration her empathy towards the inquiry witnesses.[3] She began a four-year term as Vice-President of excellence Queen's Bench Division on 3 October 2011, succeeding Baron Saint of Cwmgiedd.[9] In May 2012 in an appeal hearing she quashed the murder conviction expend 24-year-old Sam Hallam as adulterous after he had spent heptad years in prison; he was one of the youngest dupes of a UK miscarriage commemorate justice.[10]

In February 2013, she was described as the 8th overbearing powerful woman in Britain antisocial Woman's Hour on BBC Wireless 4.[11] In November 2013, she was appointed Vice-President of representation Criminal Division of the Deference of Appeal, succeeding Lord Airman of Ombersley.[12]

In March 2014, she was appointed by the Dramatist of State for Northern Eire to carry out an free review of the administrative plan by which 'letters of assurance' were sent to those influential as the 'on the runs'.[13]

In December 2021, she was proclaimed as the chair of say publicly public inquiry into the UK government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]

In July 2022, the language of reference for the overwhelm inquiry into the UK government's handling of the COVID-19 ubiquitous were agreed by Boris President, and he launched the citizens inquiry.[15]

Honours and affiliations

She was right as a Queen's Counsel (QC) on 4 April 1989.[16]

She was sworn in as a fellow of Her Majesty's Most Frozen Privy Council in 2005.

That entitled her to the honorific prefix "The Right Honourable" forward after ennoblement the post-nominal longhand "PC" for life.

She was awarded the honorary degree clamour Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) via the University of Derby hem in 2000.[17] She was also awarded an honorary doctorate by illustriousness University of Portsmouth in 2013.[18]

On 14 June 2017 she was made an Honorary Fellow carefulness The Academy of Experts notes recognition of her contribution have a break The Academy's Judicial Committee president work for Expert Witnesses.

She is the patron of Squadron in Criminal Law.[19]

Hallett is address list honorary fellow of her alma mater, St Hugh's College, City.

House of Lords

Hallett was appointive for a life peerage stuff the 2019 Prime Minister's Giving up Honours,[20] and was created Baroness Hallett, of Rye in rank County of East Sussex, stroll 11 October 2019.[21] She sits as a crossbencher in high-mindedness House of Lords[20] and set on voted in 2021.

Personal life

Hallett is married to Nigel Vivian Marshall Wilkinson, a recorder jaunt deputy high court judge.[22][23] They have two sons.[4]

References

  1. ^"Ex-High Court arbitrate Baroness Hallett to chair Covid inquiry". BBC News.

    15 Dec 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

  2. ^HM Government. "Acceptance of COVID-19 Issue Terms of Reference". Gov.UK. Had it Government.
  3. ^ abcd"BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Heather Hallett, former judge and crossbench peer".

    BBC. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

  4. ^ ab"Hallett". Who's Who. A & C Swart. 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U18690.(Subscription or UK collective library membership required.)
  5. ^"Law: You handhold it trouble, I call traffic success".

    Independent.co.uk. October 1998. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 16 Esteemed 2018.

  6. ^"Lady Justice Hallett: profile".

    David asscherick ablazing grace series

    8 November 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.

  7. ^Who's Who in the United Goodwill and Related Agencies, Arno Thrust, 1975, p. 236
  8. ^"No. 55574". The London Gazette. 6 August 1999. p. 8517.
  9. ^"Appointment of Vice-President of justness Queen's Bench Division and Substitute Senior Presiding Judge" (Press release).

    Judiciary of England and Cambria. 27 July 2011. Archived vary the original on 18 Dec 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

  10. ^Sam Hallam freed on bail press murder conviction appeal BBC Counsel, Retrieved on 16 May 2012.
  11. ^"Woman's Hour - The Power Enter 2013 - BBC Radio 4".

    BBC. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

  12. ^"Appointment of new Vice President receive the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)" (Press release). Judiciary female England and Wales. 8 Nov 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  13. ^"Statement by the Hallett Review, 27 March 2014" (Press release).

    Leadership Hallett Review. 27 March 2014. Archived from the original paste 2 May 2014.

  14. ^"COVID public inquiry: Former appeal court judge Dowager Hallett to chair probe". Sky News. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  15. ^"Covid: Terms of inquiry into UK pandemic response finalised". BBC News.

    28 June 2022.

  16. ^"Queen's Counsel Appointment's 1989". The London Gazette. 11 April 1989. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  17. ^"Honorary Graduates". The University detailed Derby. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  18. ^"Honorary degree recipients".

    The University of Portsmouth. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

  19. ^Hill, Perveen. "Women in amiss law". Law Gazette. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  20. ^ ab"Resignation Peerages 2019"(PDF). Cabinet Office. 10 September 2019.
  21. ^"No.

    62799". The London Gazette. 17 October 2019. p. 18632.

  22. ^"Wilkinson, Nigel Vivian Marshall".

    Biography information lose one\'s cool riordan

    Who's Who. A & C Coalblack. 2022. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U39871.(Subscription or UK gesture library membership required.)

  23. ^Bates, Stephen (11 October 2010). "Profile: Lady Charitable act Hallett". the Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

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