Helen Mountfield
Helen Mountfield QC | |
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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 |
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
^ abcde "Mountfield, Helen". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.250874.
^ abcd "Helen Mountfield QC elected as new Principal". Mansfield College. University of Oxford. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ ab "Helen Mountfield QC elected Principal of Mansfield College". University of Oxford. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ abc "Helen Mountfield QC". Matrix Chambers. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ "No. 59059". The London Gazette. 12 May 2009. pp. 8063–8064.
^ "No. 59372". The London Gazette. 25 March 2010. pp. 5233–5234.
External links
Helen Mountfield on Twitter
- Legal 500 entry