Rowena Collins Rice

Dame Rowena Collins Rice, ( Collins; born 24 April 1960), the Honourable Mrs Justice Collins Rice, is a British High Court judge and former civil servant.

Early life and education Rowena Collins was born in Dundee, Scotland. She was educated at Westbourne School in Glasgow. She attended Hertford College, Oxford and graduated with a first-class BA in jurisprudence in 1981. Between 1981 and 1985, she taught at the University of Oxford.

High Court appointment On 1 October 2020, Collins Rice was appointed a judge of the High Court, upon the retirement of Dame Anne Rafferty in the Court of Appeal, and she was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. She received the customary DBE and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Bath in 2020.

Personal life In 1986, Rowena Collins married Hugh Rice (later known as Hugh Collins Rice); the couple adopted double-barreled surnames. They have two sons.