Helena Kennedy, QC

    Helena Kennedy, QC's Biography

    Forename(s)
    Helena Ann Kennedy
    Sex
    Female
    Decorations
    QC (1991)
    Date of Birth
    12/5/1950
    Foretitle(s)
    Baroness (Life Peer UK 1997), of Cathcart in the City of Glasgow;
    Surname
    KENNEDY OF THE SHAWS
    Style
    Helena Kennedy, QC

    Helena Kennedy, QC's Professional Career

    Career
    called to the Bar Gray's Inn 1972 (bencher 1999-); in practice: Garden Court 1974-84, Tooks Court 1984-90, Doughty Street Chambers 1990-; specialises in criminal law (acted in Brighton Bombing Trial and Guildford Four Appeal); broadcaster and journalist on law and women's rights; chair: London Int Festival of Theatre 1993-2002, Br Cncl, Human Genetics Cmmn 1999-2007; memb Advsy Cncl of the World Bank Inst; chllr Oxford Brookes Univ 1994-2001; contrib to: The Bar on Trial (1982), Child Sexual Abuse Within the Family (1985), Balancing Acts (1989); created Blind Justice (BBC, 1987); presenter: Heart of the Matter (BBC, 1987), Raw Deal (1989), The Trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover (1990), Time Gentleman, Please (BBC Scotland, awarded TV Prog Award Industrial Journalism Awards 1994), Hypotheticals; vice-pres Haldane Soc; chair: Standing Ctee for Youth Justice, Charter 88 until 1997, Br Cncl 1998-, London Int Festival Theatre 1993-2002; patron Liberty; memb Cncl Howard League for Penal Reform; pres National Children's Bureau 1998-; vice-pres Nat Assembly of Women; cmmr Nat Cmmn on Educn; pres: North of England Educn Conf 1994;18 Hon LLD from Br Univs; hon memb Academie Universelle des Cultures Paris; hon fell: Inst of Advanced Legal Studies, Univ of London; fell City and Guilds London Inst; FRSA; Awards Women's Network Award 1992, UK Woman of Europe Award 1995, Campaigning and Influencing Award Nat Fedn of Women's Institutes 1996, The Times Newspaper Lifetime Achievement Award in the Law 1997

    Helena Kennedy, QC's Publications

    Books and Publications
    incl: Eve Was Framed (1992), Learning Works (report for the Further Educn Funding Cncl, 1997), Just Law: The Changing Face of Justice (2004)

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