About Ruth Henke
Ruth Henke was a judge.
Dame Ruth Sara Margaret Henke is a British judge who is a justice of the High Court.
Biography Henke grew up in South Wales. The first of her family to go to university, at the University of Oxford (1983-86).
Henke was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1987 and took Silk in 2006. She was appointed to the High Court on 29 September 2023. She received a damehood in the 2025 Special Honours.
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