Helen Mountfield
Helen Mountfield Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws | |
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| Born | 14 March 1967 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse |
Damian Tambini (m. 2005) |
| Children | Three |
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| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford City University |
| Profession | Barrister |
Helen Mountfield, Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford since 2018.
Early life and education
Mountfield was born on 14 March 1967 in London, England to
King's College, London.[4]
Career
Legal career
Mountfield was
Queen's Counsel (QC) on 22 March 2010.[7] She has also been a judge of the Courts of Appeal, Jersey and Guernsey since 2020.[4] She was sworn in as Judge of the Jersey Court of Appeal in April 2020.[8]
Notable cases she has been involved in include: R (E) v Governing Body of JFS; R (Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; and R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.[5]
Academic career
In January 2018, she was announced as the next
She has co-authored seven editions of Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998; a monograph concerning the Human Rights Act 1998.
Personal life
In 2005, Mountfield married Damian Tambini. They have three daughters.[1]
Selected works
- Wadham, John; Mountfield, Helen (1999). Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 (1st ed.). London: Blackstone. ISBN 978-1854318374.
- Wadham, John; Mountfield, Helen (2000). Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 (2nd ed.). London: Blackstone Press. ISBN 978-1841741734.
- Wadham, John; Mountfield, Helen; Edmundson, Anna (2003). Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199254538.
- Wadham, John; Mountfield, Helen; Edmundson, Anna; Gallagher, Caoilfhionn (2007). Blackstone's guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford. ISBN 978-0199299577.
- Wadham, John; Mountfield, Helen; Gallagher, Caoilfhionn; Prochaska, Elizabeth (2009). Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 (5th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199574421.
- Wadham, John; Mountfield, Helen; Prochaska, Elizabeth; Brown, Christopher (2011). Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 (6th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199697007.
- Wadham, John; Mountfield, Helen; Prochaska, Elizabeth; Desai, Christopher Brown (July 2014). Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 (7th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198705758.
- Mountfield, Helen (2018). "Brexit: Can the United Kingdom Change Its Mind?". In Fitzgerald, Oonagh E.; Lein, Eva (eds.). Complexity's embrace: the international law implications of Brexit. Waterloo: McGill-Queen's University Press. pp. 309–324. ISBN 978-1928096627.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
- ^ a b c d "Helen Mountfield QC elected as new Principal". Mansfield College. University of Oxford. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Helen Mountfield QC elected Principal of Mansfield College". University of Oxford. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ Who's Who 2021. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Helen Mountfield QC". Matrix Chambers. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "No. 59059". The London Gazette. 12 May 2009. pp. 8063–8064.
- ^ "No. 59372". The London Gazette. 25 March 2010. pp. 5233–5234.
- ^ "Helen Mountfield QC sworn in as Judge of the Jersey Court of Appeal". Matrix Chambers. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
External links
- Helen Mountfield on Twitter
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