Amanda Yip
Mrs Justice Yip | |
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| High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
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| Born | Amanda Louise Kay Liverpool, England[1] |
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| Education | Merchant Taylors' Girls' School |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Lawyer, judge |
Dame Amanda Louise Yip DBE (née Kay) is a British High Court judge.[2] Born in Liverpool, she is the daughter of Sir John Kay, a Lord Justice of Appeal.[3]
She was educated at Merchant Taylors' Girls' School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where she studied law and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990. She was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1991 and practised at Exchange Chambers in Liverpool, specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence work. She was appointed a recorder in 2009, Queen's Counsel in 2011, and a deputy High Court judge in 2013.[1]
Yip was appointed a justice of the High Court in 2017, on the retirement of Mr Justice Wyn Williams, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. She received the customary appointment as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire the same year.[4] This appointment was published in The London Gazette on 1 December 2017.[5]
Notable cases
[edit]Cases heard by Yip include:
- R v Cashman (Murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel)
- R v Jenkinson and Ratcliffe (Murder of Brianna Ghey)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "High Court Judge Appointment: Amanda Yip QC". Exchange Chambers. 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
- ^ "Yip, Hon. Dame Amanda Louise". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U254197. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "High Court Judge Appointment (Queen's Bench Division): Yip". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
- ^ "Amanda Yip's DBE Citation 1 December 2017". The London Gazette. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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