Alison Russell
| The Hon. Ms Justice Russell | |
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| High Court Judge | |
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Assumed office 2014 | |
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| Born | 17 June 1958 |
| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic of the South Bank |
| Occupation | Judge |
Dame Alison Hunter Russell (born 17 June 1958), styled The Hon. Ms Justice Russell, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.[1]
Early life and education
Russell was born in 1958 in Harrogate to a Scottish family. She was educated at Wellington School, Ayr and the Polytechnic of the South Bank.[2][3][4]
Career
Russell was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1983. She was appointed a recorder of the High Court in 2004.[5]
Russell became a QC in 2008. She practiced at 1, Garden Court Chambers in London, specialising in family law and human rights.[6][7]
Russell was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Justice on 13 January 2014, specialising in family law. She became the first judge to be formally addressed as Ms Justice.[6][8][9]
Russell was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in February 2014. She is a member of the Family Justice Council.[6]
Russell has ruled on a number of controversial custody cases involving surrogacy arrangements that have broken down and has received some criticism in The Daily Mail for her rulings.[10][11][12]
Personal life
Russell lives with her partner Julian Francis in South London.[8][3]
References
- ↑ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ↑ ‘RUSSELL, Alison Hunter’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- 1 2 "Call me Ms, says top judge: Newly appointed High Court justice becomes first to use the title". Daily Mail. 22 May 2014.
- ↑ Whitaker's Shorts 2016: Law and Order. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2015.
- ↑ "Alison Russell QC appointed to the High Court Bench". Family Law Week. 19 December 2013.
- 1 2 3 Bowcott, Own (22 May 2014). "High court judge is first to be formally addressed as Ms Justice". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ Mueller, Matthias (23 May 2014). "First High Court judge to be formally addressed as Ms Justice". Family Law.
- 1 2 Clark, Natasha (23 May 2014). "Page 3 Profile: Alison Russell QC, judge". Independent. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ Holland, James; Webb, Julian (2016). Learning Legal Rules: A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning. Oxford University Press. p. 21.
- ↑ Guffin, Claire; Doughty, Steve; Marsden, Sam (6 May 2015). "Gagging of mother forced to hand baby daughter to gay dad". Mail Online.
- ↑ Lamden, Tim (24 October 2015). "Mother forced to hand baby to gay father wins right to tell her story". Mail Online.
- ↑ Cockroft, Steph (1 July 2016). "Vulnerable surrogate mother who gave birth to a gay couple's baby after meeting them once in a fast food restaurant is allowed to KEEP the child after a judge rules she could offer a better home". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2 July 2016.