Nicola Padfield
Nicola Padfield | |
|---|---|
| 8th Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge | |
| In office October 2013 – October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Lethbridge |
| Succeeded by | Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicola Margaret Helme 16 May 1955 Windlesham, Surrey, England |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British citizenship |
| Spouse |
Christopher Padfield
(m. 1978) |
| Children | 3 - 2 sons, 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | St Anne's College, Oxford Darwin College, Cambridge University of Aix-Marseille |
| Profession | Barrister and legal scholar |
Professor Nicola Margaret Padfield KC (hon) (née Helme; born 16 May 1955) is a British barrister and academic. She is a former Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. and was succeeded to the position in October 2019 by Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton. She is Professor of Criminal and Penal Justice in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. In addition to her academic work, she was a Recorder of the Crown Court from 2002 to 2014, and is a Bencher of the Middle Temple.