Eleanor King (judge)


Dame Eleanor Warwick King is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

Biography

Born as Eleanor Warwick Hamilton, she was educated at Queen Margaret's School, York until 1973 and later at Hull University. She was called to the Bar, Inner Temple in 1979. She was an Assistant Recorder from 1996 to 2000.
She took silk in 1999 and was appointed as a deputy High Court judge and recorder. She was appointed as a High Court judge, assigned to the Family Division on 4 April 2008. In 2011 she was awarded an honorary PhD from Hull University in recognition of her work in the Law.
In 2014, she was appointed a Lady Justice of Appeal.
In 2021 Hull University invited her back as their most prestigious legal alumni to open a mock court room to be used by their law students. The university named the new room in her honour.

Family

Lady Justice King's husband, Tom King, is also a Hull University law graduate. The couple have four daughters who also attended her former school.

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