Dame Heather Jane Williams, DBE, KC (born 1963),[1] also known as The Honourable Mrs Justice Heather Williams DBE, is a British High Court judge.

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MRS JUSTICE HEATHER WILLIAMS

As of 2025, Dame Heather Williams DBE, KC is a British High Court judge and the President of the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber

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Appointments and legal career

• High Court Judge: Williams was appointed a High Court judge in the King's (formerly Queen's) Bench Division on October 1, 2021, and was assigned the customary damehood.
• Tribunal President: Since January 1, 2023, she has served as the President of the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber.
• King's Counsel: She took silk, becoming a King's Counsel (KC), in 2006.
• Early career: Before becoming a judge, she was a highly regarded barrister specializing in civil liberties, judicial review, and employment discrimination. She was a founder member and former deputy head of Doughty Street Chambers.
• High-profile cases: Her career as a barrister included involvement in prominent cases such as the Hillsborough Inquests and Miriam O'Reilly's age discrimination case against the BBC.

Notable recent rulings

• Data privacy: In 2023, Williams ruled on Prismall v Google UK and DeepMind, striking out a representative action on behalf of 1.6 million individuals regarding misuse of private information. She concluded that the claim was bound to fail based on established legal principles.
• Libel: She also handed down a significant judgment in Hay v Cresswell in 2023, a libel case brought by a sexual assault perpetrator against his victim. Williams ruled in favor of the victim, finding that the "public interest" defense was successfully invoked.