- Laura Cox
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Dame Laura Mary Cox, DBE, (born 8 November 1951) is a British High Court judge of the Queen's Bench Division. She was formerly a barrister who specialized in employment law, discrimination and human rights.
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Affiliations
- Head of Cloisters Chambers, Temple (1995–2002)
- Chairperson of the Bar Council Sex Discrimination Committee (1995–99) and Equal Opportunities Committee (1999–2002)
- Bencher of the Inner Temple; member of the Independent Human Rights Organization Justice (former Council member) and *Lawyers of Liberty (the National Council for Civil Liberties), co-founder
- Vice-President of the Institute of Employment Rights
- Panel of Experts advising the Cambridge University Independent Review of Discrimination Legislation, panel member
- Honorary Fellow of Queen Mary College, London University (2005)
- Council of the University of London (2003–06), member
- President of the Association of Women Barristers
- United Kingdom Association of Women Judges, committee member
High Court/DBE
She was appointed as a Queen's Bench Division judge in the High Court on 4 November 2002, and was awarded, as customary, a damehood (DBE).[1]
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External links
- http://www.kent.ac.uk/clgs/news-and-events/newsarchive.htm
- http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/144_13439.htm
- http://www.thelawyer.com/28-october-2002/1387.issue
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