Jill Black

Jill Margaret Black, Lady Black of Derwent, (née Currie; born 1 June 1954 ) is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

Family She is the daughter of two medical doctors, James Irvine Currie and Margaret Yvonne Currie. She was educated at Penrhos College and read law at the University of Durham. and received the customary appointment as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She was assigned to the Family Division, and served as Family Division Liaison Judge to the Northern Circuit from 2000 to 2004. On 15 June 2010, Black became a Lady Justice of Appeal, and was appointed to the Privy Council.

In 2004, she became Chairman of the Judicial Studies Board's Family Committee. She continued in that role until her appointment to the Judicial Appointments Commission as a judicial member in 2008.

It was announced on 21 July 2017 that Lady Justice Black would become the second female judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, after The Baroness Hale of Richmond. She took office on 2 October 2017, choosing the judicial courtesy title of Lady Black of Derwent. On 30 October 2020 it was announced that Lady Black of Derwent would retire as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 10 January 2021.

Recognition Her name is one of those featured on the sculpture Ribbons, unveiled in 2024.