Harriet Wistrich is founder and director of the Centre for Women’s Justice and a solicitor of thirty years’ experience, acting in many high-profile cases around violence against women. She is a founder member of the campaign group Justice for Women, was named Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year 2014, Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year 2018 for public law, Law Society Gazette personality of the year 2019, and awarded an honorary doctorate of laws by Kent University in 2022.