Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond

Brenda Marjorie Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond , 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.

The Right Honourable The Baroness Hale of Richmond
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018
Personal details
Born	Brenda Marjorie Hale (1945-01-31) 31 January 1945 Yorkshire, England
Spouse(s)	Anthony Hoggett (m. 1968; div. 1992) Julian Farrand (m. 1992)
Children	1
Alma mater	Girton College, Cambridge

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.

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