Jill Black

The Right Honourable
Dame Jill Black
DBE

Lord Justice of Appeal
Assumed office
15 June 2010
Preceded by Sir Nicholas Wall
Personal details
Born (1954-06-01) 1 June 1954

Dame Jill Margaret Black, DBE, PC (born 1 June 1954),[1] is a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

Black was educated at the University of Durham, and was called to the bar in 1976 (Inner Temple). She became a Queen's Counsel in 1994 and was appointed a Deputy High Court judge in 1996 and a Recorder in 1998. She was appointed to High Court on 1 October 1999,[2] and received the customary appointment as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She was assigned to the Family Division, and served as Family Division Liaison Judge to the Northern Circuit from 2000 to 2004. On 15 June 2010, Black became a Lord Justice of Appeal,[3] and was appointed to the Privy Council.

In 2004, she became Chairman of the Judicial Studies Board's Family Committee. She continued in that role until her appointment to the Judicial Appointments Commission as a judicial member in 2008.[4]

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