Lady Hazel Fox CMG

Lady Hazel Fox CMG was the first Law Fellow of Somerville College and a giant in the field of State Immunity law. 

In a long and distinguished legal career, Lady Fox served as Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and General Editor of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly. She was also a member of the Institut de Droit International, a Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn, a Barrister at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square and a member of the International Law Association Committees on State Immunity, Diplomatic Protection, and Reparation for Victims of War Damage.

A noted legal academic, Lady Fox was the author many books, from International Arbitration: Law and Procedure (1959) to her final work Law of State Immunity (1st ed. 2002, reprinted 2008). Her writings, especially on state immunity, are still regularly cited by leading courts around the world.

Lady Fox is noteworthy to Somervillians for having served as the first Law Fellow of Somerville College. She was later made an Honorary Fellow.

Lady Hazel Fox KC passed away on 12 July at the age of 96, attended by her family.