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'''Dame Alison Hunter Russell''' (born 17 June 1958), styled '''The Hon. Ms Justice Russell''', is a [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|judge of the High Court of England and Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior judiciary|url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/who-are-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list|website=Courts and Tribunals Judiciary|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref> |
'''Dame Alison Hunter Russell''', [[Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|DBE]] (born 17 June 1958), styled '''The Hon. Ms Justice Russell''', is a [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|judge of the High Court of England and Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior judiciary|url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/who-are-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list|website=Courts and Tribunals Judiciary|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref> |
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==Early life and education== |
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Russell was educated at [[Wellington School, Ayr]] and the [[London South Bank University|Polytechnic of the South Bank]].<ref>‘RUSSELL, Alison Hunter’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014</ref> |
Russell was born in 1958 in [[Harrogate]] to a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] family. She was educated at [[Wellington School, Ayr]] and the [[London South Bank University|Polytechnic of the South Bank]].<ref>‘RUSSELL, Alison Hunter’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014</ref><ref name=Ms/><ref>{{cite book|title=Whitaker's Shorts 2016: Law and Order|year=2015|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3c8CwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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On 6 May 2015, Russell was criticised for banning a woman from speaking about a case in which custody of her child was granted to the child's father and his lover after a surrogacy agreement broke down.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3071048/Gagging-mother-forced-hand-baby-daughter-gay-dad.html|title=Gagging of mother forced to hand baby daughter to gay dad|date=6 May 2015|work=Mail Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/21/surrogacy-in-the-uk|title=The kindness of strangers: should surrogates get paid?|author=Becky Gardiner|work=the Guardian}}</ref> On 23 October 2015, the decision was overturned. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3287154/Mother-forced-judge-hand-baby-gay-father-wins-right-tell-story.html|title=Mother forced to hand baby to gay father wins right to tell her story|date=24 October 2015|work=Mail Online}}</ref> |
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Russell was called to the bar at [[Gray's Inn]] in 1983. She was appointed a [[recorder (judge)|recorder]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed123240|title=Alison Russell QC appointed to the High Court Bench|publisher=Family Law Week|date=19 December 2013}}</ref> |
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Russell became a [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] in 2008. She practised at 1 Garden Court Chambers in London, specialising in family law and human rights.<ref name=bowcott/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/First-High-Court-judge-to-be-formally-addressed-as-Ms-Justice-22052014-015#.V3cDUFdqmDA|title=First High Court judge to be formally addressed as Ms Justice|first=Matthias|last=Mueller|date=23 May 2014|publisher=Family Law}}</ref> |
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On 11 Dec 2015, the Court of Appeal decided that Russell's judgement was set aside on the basis of procedural irregularities and a retrial ordered. <ref>http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2015/12/14/prospective-adopters-win-appeal-against-return-of-toddler/</ref>.<ref>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2015/1284.html</ref> |
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Russell was appointed as a judge of the [[High Court of Justice]] on 13 January 2014, assigned to the Family Division. She became the first judge to be formally addressed as "Ms Justice".<ref name=bowcott>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/may/21/high-court-judge-ms-justice|work=The Guardian|title=High court judge is first to be formally addressed as Ms Justice|first=Own|last=Bowcott|date=22 May 2014|accessdate=1 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=page3/><ref>{{cite book|title=Learning Legal Rules: A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning|page=21|first1=James|last1=Holland|first2=Julian|last2=Webb|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tRg9DAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> |
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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]].<ref name=bowcott/> |
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Russell has ruled on a number of custody cases involving surrogacy arrangements that have broken down.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3071048/Gagging-mother-forced-hand-baby-daughter-gay-dad.html|title=Gagging of mother forced to hand baby daughter to gay dad|date=6 May 2015|work=Mail Online|first=Claire|last1=Guffin|first2=Steve|last2=Doughty|first3=Sam|last3=Marsden}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3287154/Mother-forced-judge-hand-baby-gay-father-wins-right-tell-story.html|title=Mother forced to hand baby to gay father wins right to tell her story|date=24 October 2015|work=Mail Online|first=Tim|last=Lamden}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3669797/Vulnerable-surrogate-mother-gave-birth-gay-couple-s-baby-meeting-fast-food-restaurant-allowed-child-judge-rules-offer-better-home.html|title=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|work=Daily Mail|first=Steph|last=Cockroft|date=1 July 2016|accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref> |
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In April 2017, the [[Court of Appeal (England and Wales)|Court of Appeal]] held that Russell had committed a series of "gross and obvious" irregularities in the way in which she had dealt with alleged contempt of court in a case about the alleged abduction of a child. Russell had imprisoned the father of the child for 18 months, holding that he had been in breach of an order which she had not in fact made, and did not have power to make. In doing so, she had made various serious procedural errors. The Court of Appeal awarded damages for wrongful imprisonment against the [[Lord Chancellor]] under the Human Rights Act 1998.<ref>{{cite BAILII |litigants = LL v. The Lord Chancellor |court=EWCA |division=Civ |year=2017 |num=237 |parallelcite=[2017] 4 WLR 162 |date=10 April 2017 |courtname=[[Court of Appeal (England and Wales)|Court of Appeal]] |juris=England and Wales}}</ref> |
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In May 2017, Russell allowed an appeal from a relocation decision of Her Honour Judge Owens in the Family Court at Oxford. However, in December 2017, the [[Court of Appeal (England and Wales)|Court of Appeal]] held that Russell's decision was 'both wrong and unjust because of serious procedural irregularity', because the 'main basis on which the appeal was allowed by Russell J arose from a legal argument that had not been raised in the grounds of appeal, had not been addressed by either party, and was in any event incorrect'.<ref>{{cite BAILII |litigants = L v. F |court=EWCA |division=Civ |year=2017 |num=2121 |date=20 December 2017 |courtname=[[Court of Appeal (England and Wales)|Court of Appeal]] |juris=England and Wales}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Russell lives with her partner Julian Francis in South London.<ref name=page3>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/i/page-3-profile-alison-russell-qc-judge-9421862.html|title=Page 3 Profile: Alison Russell QC, judge|work=Independent|first=Natasha|last=Clark|date=23 May 2014|accessdate=1 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=Ms>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2635711/Call-Ms-says-judge-Newly-appointed-High-Court-justice-use-title.html|title=Call me Ms, says top judge: Newly appointed High Court justice becomes first to use the title|work=Daily Mail|date=22 May 2014}}</ref> |
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Dame Alison Hunter Russell, DBE (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 in 2004.[5]
Russell became a QC in 2008. She practised 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, assigned to the Family Division. 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 custody cases involving surrogacy arrangements that have broken down.[10][11][12]
In April 2017, the Court of Appeal held that Russell had committed a series of "gross and obvious" irregularities in the way in which she had dealt with alleged contempt of court in a case about the alleged abduction of a child. Russell had imprisoned the father of the child for 18 months, holding that he had been in breach of an order which she had not in fact made, and did not have power to make. In doing so, she had made various serious procedural errors. The Court of Appeal awarded damages for wrongful imprisonment against the Lord Chancellor under the Human Rights Act 1998.[13]
In May 2017, Russell allowed an appeal from a relocation decision of Her Honour Judge Owens in the Family Court at Oxford. However, in December 2017, the Court of Appeal held that Russell's decision was 'both wrong and unjust because of serious procedural irregularity', because the 'main basis on which the appeal was allowed by Russell J arose from a legal argument that had not been raised in the grounds of appeal, had not been addressed by either party, and was in any event incorrect'.[14]
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
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ LL v. The Lord Chancellor [2017] EWCA Civ 237, [2017] 4 WLR 162 (10 April 2017), Court of Appeal (England and Wales)
- ^ L v. F [2017] EWCA Civ 2121 (20 December 2017), Court of Appeal (England and Wales)