Kathryn Thirlwall
Lady Justice of Appeal | |
|---|---|
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| High Court Judge Queen's Bench Division | |
| In office 2010–2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Sir Julian Knowles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 November 1957 |
Newcastle Polytechnic | |
| Occupation | Judge |
Dame Kathryn Mary Thirlwall,
Court of Appeal of England and Wales in February 2017.[2]
Early life and education
Thirlwall was born on 21 November 1957.Newcastle Polytechnic; she completed this in 1981.[5]
Legal career
She was called to the bar at
Bar Council from 1999 to 2005. She became head of chambers at 7 Bedford Row in 2006, and a bencher of Middle Temple in 2008.[6]
Thirlwall was appointed as an assistant recorder in 1998 and then as a
Court of Appeal of England and Wales in February 2017.[9]
In September 2023, the UK government confirmed that she will lead the statutory inquiry into the case of killer nurse Lucy Letby.[10]
Personal life
She is married to Professor Charles Kelly; they have two adult children.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Appointment of Deputy Senior Presiding Judge". www.judiciary.uk. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Who's Who 2023. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ ‘THIRLWALL, Hon. Dame Kathryn (Mary)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- ^ Masters of the Bench - The Hon Mrs Justice Thirlwall DBE Archived 2017-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, Middle Temple
- ^ 2017: Alumni lecture: Rt Hon Justice Thirlwall Archived 2017-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, University of Bristol Law School
- ^ Appointment of Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal: September 2016 Archived 2017-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, gov.uk
- ^ Solicitors to judges Archived 2017-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, The Times, 15 September 2016
- ^ "Government confirms it is launching statutory inquiry into Lucy Letby". Sky News. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
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