- Heather Hallett
Dame Heather Carol Hallett, DBE (born
16 December 1949 ), styled The Rt Hon. Lady Justice Hallett, is an English judge of theCourt of Appeal . She is the fifth woman to sit in the Court of Appeal, after Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss (now Baroness Butler-Sloss) (1988), Dame Brenda Hale (now Baroness Hale of Richmond) (1999), Dame Mary Arden (2000) and Dame Janet Smith (2002).Hallett was educated at Brockenhurst Grammar School, in the
New Forest , and atSt Hugh's College, Oxford .She was called to the bar at
Inner Temple in 1972. She became aQueen's Counsel in 1989 and a Bencher of Inner Temple in 1993. She was the first woman to chair theBar Council , in 1998, having been vice-chair in 1997.She was appointed as a Recorder of the
Crown Court in 1989 and a deputy High Court judge in 1995. She became a full-time judge of the High Court, in 1999, inQueen's Bench Division , and was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2005.She was appointed as a member of the
Judicial Appointments Commission in January 2006, as a representative of the judiciary.External links
* [http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1287.htm Court of Appeal, Civil Division] from
Her Majesty's Court Service
* [http://www.judicialappointments.gov.uk/about/chair_commissioners.htm Chair and Commissioners] from theJudicial Appointments Commission
* [http://www.frb.co.uk/cgi-bin/dmr5?access=&runprog=frb/frb_pages&mode=disp&fragment=1997_11_098 Brief biography] from Financial Regulatory Briefing, November 1997
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