Elizabeth Gloster

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Dame Elizabeth Gloster
Lord Justice of Appeal
Assumed office
9 April 2013
MonarchElizabeth II
High Court Judge
In office
21 April 2004 – 9 April 2013
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Gloster

(1949-06-05) 5 June 1949 (age 74)
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)Stanley Brodie QC (div. 2004)
Sir Oliver Popplewell (m. 2008)
Alma materGirton College, Cambridge
OccupationJudge
ProfessionBarrister

Dame Elizabeth Gloster, DBE, PC (born 5 June 1949[1]) is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. While a judge of the High Court of Justice, she served as the first female judge of the Commercial Court.[2]

Education

Gloster was educated at Roedean School and Girton College, Cambridge.[3]

Career

Gloster was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1971 (and made a bencher in 1992). She joined the Magic Circle set of One Essex Court.[4] In 1989, she became a Queen's Counsel. She was appointed a judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey in 1993 and a Recorder in 1995.[5]

On 21 April 2004, Gloster was appointed a High Court judge,[6] receiving the customary appointment as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), and appointed to the Queen's Bench Division.[5] From 2010-12, she served as head of the Commercial Court."The Hon Mrs Justice Gloster, DBE". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

On 9 April 2013, she was appointed a Lady Justice of Appeal[7] and consequently appointed to the Privy Council.

She will become Vice-President of the Civil Division on 7 December 2016, following the retirement of Lord Justice Martin Moore-Bick.[8]

Judgments

Private life

In 2004, Elizabeth Gloster was divorced from her husband of three decades, Stanley Brodie QC.[9] On 15 March 2008, she married former judge and noted cricket player Sir Oliver Popplewell.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Senior judiciary". The Judicial Office. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  2. ^ Malkin, Brendan (13 April 2004). "Gloster QC is first female Commercial Court judge". The Lawyer. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Elizabeth Gloster QC". Commonwealth Secretariat. 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Gloster, Dame Elizabeth - Hot 100". The Lawyer. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Appointment of new judge in charge of the Commercial Court". The Judicial Office. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  6. ^ "No. 57274". The London Gazette. 28 April 2004.
  7. ^ "No. 60472". The London Gazette. 11 April 2013.
  8. ^ https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/announcements/appointed-of-the-new-vice-president-of-the-court-of-appeal-civil/
  9. ^ a b "Brief affair ends with a wedding". The Daily Mail. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  10. ^ Rozenberg, Joshua (4 June 2008). "Brief Encounters". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 October 2011.