Henry Hodge
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Sir Henry Hodge OBE |
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| Born |
Henry Egar Garfield Hodge 12 January 1944 Peterborough, England |
| Died | 18 June 2009 (aged 65) University College Hospital, London |
| Cause of death | Liver failure due to Acute myeloid leukaemia |
| Residence | Islington, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Chigwell School |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Solicitor, High Court judge |
| Years active | 1970–2009 |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Miranda Tufnell (1971–1975; divorced) Margaret Oppenheimer MBE MP (1978–2009, his death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards |
OBE (1973) Knight Bachelor (2004) |
Sir Henry Egar Garfield Hodge, OBE (12 January 1944 – 18 June 2009) professionally styled The Hon Mr Justice Hodge, was an English solicitor and Judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
Born in Peterborough, Hodge was educated at Chigwell School and read Law at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1965.
Hodge qualified as a solicitor in 1970. He then joined the Child Poverty Action Group, working as its solicitor and deputy director until 1977. In 1974, he became chairman of the National Council for Civil Liberties (now Liberty).
In 1977 he founded Hodge Jones & Allen with partners Peter Jones and Patrick Allen, where all three practised. He served as Deputy Chairman of the Legal Aid Board from 1996 to 1999. He was also a Vice-President of the Law Society.
Hodge became a Recorder in 1993, and a Circuit Judge in October 1999, when he retired from his firm. He was appointed Chief Immigration Adjudicator in 2001, by Derry Irvine then the Lord Chancellor.
On 1 October 2004, he became the third Solicitor to sit as an High Court judge in England and Wales, after Sir Michael Sachs (appointed in 1993) and Sir Lawrence Collins (appointed in 2000). In April 2005, he became President of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
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