Maurice Hill (judge)

Sir Edward Maurice Hill (8 January 1862 – 6 June 1934) was a British judge.

Born in Middlesex, the eldest son of Sir George Birkbeck Norman Hill, he was educated at Haileybury College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was an Exhibitioner, taking Firsts in classical moderations (1881) and literae humaniores (1884).

His practice was in shipping law, and he was acknowledged as a leading expert in marine insurance.

[1] On 18 January 1917, Hill was appointed, on the recommendation of Lord Finlay, to the High Court and assigned to the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division.

[1] Due to the heavy strain of the work and the death of his wife, his health gave way in 1924, and a judge was added to the Division in 1925.