Jo Delahunty
Jo Delahunty | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
Professor Johanne Erica "Jo" Delahunty, QC (born 15 September 1963) is a British barrister, judge, and legal academic. Called to the bar in 1986, she specialises in family law and child protection. She has also been a Recorder since 2009, and the Gresham Professor of Law since 2016.
Life
Delahunty was raised by a single parent and she was the first in her family to continue beyond secondary education.[1]
Delahunty was a member of the legal team that investigated the Hillsborough disaster and her work led to the conclusions of a public enquiry that the fans were not to blame and that the inaction of the South Yorkshire Ambulance Service contributed to the number of fatalities.[2]
On 16 October 2006, Delahunty was appointed a Queen's Counsel.[3]
Delahunty has been a Recorder judge since 2009. In 2011 she became an Accredited Family Mediator and in 2016 she became the Gresham Professor of Law.[4][5][6] The professors of Gresham College give free public lectures, rather than teaching enrolled students. As Gresham Professor of Law, she gives a series of lectures on wide ranging aspects of law which are of public interest.
On 13 March 2019, she was granted the Freedom of the City of London.[6]
External links
- Have Women Achieved Professional Equality in the Legal Profession? Gresham College lecture 2019]
References
- ^ "Have Women Achieved Professional Equality? 100 years since the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "Jo Delahunty QC Barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers". Parklane Plowden Chambers. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "No. 58130". The London Gazette. 20 October 2006. pp. 14379–14380.
- ^ "Delahunty, Johanne Erica". Who's Who 2019. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Professor of Law - Professor Jo Delahunty QC". Gresham College. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Jo Delahunty QC to receive Freedom of the City of London". St Anne's College, Oxford. Retrieved 21 August 2019.