Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond

British judge

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1945

Place of Birth: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Brenda Marjorie Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond , known as Lady Hale (born 31 January 1945), is a British judge serving as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since 2017.In 2004, she joined the House of Lords as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
She is the only woman to have been appointed to this position.
She served as a Law Lord until 2009 when she, along with the other Law Lords, transferred to the new Supreme Court as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
She served as Deputy President of the Supreme Court from 2013 to 2017. On 5 September 2017, Hale was appointed under the Premiership of Theresa May to serve as President of the Supreme Court, and was sworn in on 2 October 2017.
She is the third person and first woman to serve in the role.
Hale is one of three women to have been appointed to the Supreme Court (alongside Lady Black and Lady Arden). Since 30 July 2018, Hale has been a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong.
Hale has also been Honorary President of the Cambridge University Law Society since 2015.