Anne Rafferty
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| Dame Anne Rafferty DBE | |
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| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| Taking office 5 July 2011 |
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| Succeeding | |
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| Born | 26 July 1950 |
Dame Anne Judith Rafferty DBE (born 26 July 1950)[1] is a Lord Justice of Appeal.
[edit] Career
Educated at Wolverhampton Girls' High School and a graduate of the University of Sheffield, Rafferty was the first woman Chair of the Criminal Bar Association.[2] She became a Queen's Counsel in 1990 and a Recorder the following year. In 1999, she was appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge. She was appointed to the High Court of Justice and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division in 2000, and was awarded the customary appointment as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).
Among the more notable trials over which she presided were those of Paul Burrell and teacher Sion Jenkins.
In 2011, she was appointed to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales with effect from 5 July,[3] and will receive the customary appointment to the Privy Council.[4]
[edit] Personal life
She is married to fellow Judge Brian Barker, the Common Serjeant of London; they have three daughters.
[edit] References
- ^ "Senior Judiciary". judiciary.gov.uk. http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/list-of-members-of-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "News Release: Explorers, doctors and top geneticist given honorary degrees". 12 July 2005. http://www.shef.ac.uk/mediacentre/2005/421.html. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "Appointment of Lords Justices of Appeal". number10.gov.uk. 30 June 2011. http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/press-notices/2011/06/appointment-of-lord-justices-of-appeal-65193. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "Privy Council appointments". 6 October 2011. http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/privy-council-appointments-6/. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- 1950 births
- Alumni of the University of Sheffield
- British barristers
- British Queen's Counsel
- British legal professionals
- British people of Irish descent
- British women judges
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- High Court judges (England and Wales)
- Living people
- People from Sheffield
- Queen's Bench Division judges
- Queen's Counsel 1901–2000
- People educated at Wolverhampton Girls' High School
