Helen Mountfield

















































Helen Mountfield


QC


Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford
Incumbent

Assumed office
September 2018
Preceded by Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Personal details
Born
(1967-03-14) 14 March 1967 (age 51)
Nationality British
Spouse(s)
Damian Tambini (m. 2005)
Children Three
Father Sir Robin Mountfield
Education Crown Woods School
Alma mater
Magdalen College, Oxford
City University
Profession Barrister

Helen Mountfield, QC (born 14 March 1967) is a British barrister and legal scholar, specialising in administrative, human rights, and equality law. She has been Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford since 2018.




Contents






  • 1 Early life and education


  • 2 Career


    • 2.1 Legal career


    • 2.2 Academic career




  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 Selected works


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Early life and education


Mountfield was born on 14 March 1967 in London, England to Sir Robin Mountfield and Anne Mountfield.[1] She was educated at Crown Woods School, a comprehensive school in London.[2] She studied modern history at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[3] She then moved into law, and studied for and completed the Common Professional Examination in Law at City University.[2]



Career



Legal career


Mountfield was Called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1991.[1] She was a founding member of Matrix Chambers in 2000 from which she still practices.[2][4] She has been a Recorder since May 2009,[5] and a Deputy High Court Judge since 2013.[1] She took silk as a Queen's Counsel (QC) on 22 March 2010.[6]


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.[4]



Academic career


In January 2018, she was announced as the next Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford: she took up the appointment in September 2018.[1][3][2][4] 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. Together 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • 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. Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 (7th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198705758.



References





  1. ^ abcde "Mountfield, Helen". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.250874.


  2. ^ abcd "Helen Mountfield QC elected as new Principal". Mansfield College. University of Oxford. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.


  3. ^ ab "Helen Mountfield QC elected Principal of Mansfield College". University of Oxford. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.


  4. ^ abc "Helen Mountfield QC". Matrix Chambers. Retrieved 27 February 2018.


  5. ^ "No. 59059". The London Gazette. 12 May 2009. pp. 8063–8064.


  6. ^ "No. 59372". The London Gazette. 25 March 2010. pp. 5233–5234.




External links




  • Helen Mountfield on Twitter

  • Legal 500 entry









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