Baroness Hale of Richmond

E234660

British jurist academic human judge life peer

Baroness Hale of Richmond is a British jurist who became the first woman to serve as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Baroness Hale of Richmond canonical	12
Brenda Hale	3
Lady Hale	2
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2110584 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Baroness Hale of Richmond
Context triple: [Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, officeHoldersInclude, Baroness Hale of Richmond]

A. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury is a British judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2017.
B. Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Baroness Stowell of Beeston is a British Conservative politician and life peer who has served in senior government roles, including as Leader of the House of Lords.
C. The Right Honourable Lady Justice
The Right Honourable Lady Justice is the formal judicial title used for female judges serving in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
D. Baroness Young of Hornsey
Baroness Young of Hornsey is a British crossbench peer, academic, and cultural activist known for her work on social justice, equality, and the arts.
E. Baroness Hayman
Baroness Hayman is a British politician and life peer who became the first Lord Speaker of the House of Lords.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Baroness Hale of Richmond
Target entity description: Baroness Hale of Richmond is a British jurist who became the first woman to serve as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

A. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury is a British judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2017.
B. Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Baroness Stowell of Beeston is a British Conservative politician and life peer who has served in senior government roles, including as Leader of the House of Lords.
C. The Right Honourable Lady Justice
The Right Honourable Lady Justice is the formal judicial title used for female judges serving in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
D. Baroness Young of Hornsey
Baroness Young of Hornsey is a British crossbench peer, academic, and cultural activist known for her work on social justice, equality, and the arts.
E. Baroness Hayman
Baroness Hayman is a British politician and life peer who became the first Lord Speaker of the House of Lords.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British jurist ⓘ academic ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ life peer ⓘ
appointedBy	Elizabeth II ⓘ
awardReceived	Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
birthName	Brenda Marjorie Hale ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ linked to: United Kingdom
dateOfBirth	1945-01-31 ⓘ
educatedAt	Girton College, Cambridge ⓘ University of Cambridge ⓘ linked to: Cambridge University
endTime	2020-01-10 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	family law ⓘ law ⓘ social welfare law ⓘ
givenName	Brenda ⓘ
hasWrittenWork	From the Test Tube to the Coffin: Choice and Regulation in Private Life ⓘ The Family, Law and Society ⓘ Women and the Law ⓘ
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix	DBE ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Privy Council Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
nobleTitle	Baroness Hale of Richmond ⓘ
notableAchievement	first and only woman Law Lord ⓘ first woman to serve as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy for diversity in the judiciary ⓘ
occupation	academic ⓘ barrister ⓘ judge ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Leeds ⓘ West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
politicalAlignment	crossbench ⓘ
positionHeld	Chair of the Law Commission of England and Wales ⓘ Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ High Court judge of the Family Division ⓘ Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (House of Lords) ⓘ linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord) ⓘ linked to: Lord of Appeal in Ordinary President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ
residence	Richmond, North Yorkshire ⓘ linked to: Richmond (Yorks)
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
startTime	2017-09-05 ⓘ
workLocation	London ⓘ linked to: London, England

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → officeHoldersInclude → Baroness Hale of Richmond ⓘ

R (Jackson) v Attorney General → hasJudge → Baroness Hale of Richmond ⓘ

R (Jackson) v Attorney General → includesDictumBy → Baroness Hale of Richmond ⓘ

Gray's Inn → hasNotableAlumnus → Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond ⓘ