Brenda Marjorie Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, PC (born January 31, 1945) became the first ever woman to become a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are Life peers entrusted since the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 with carrying out the judicial functions of the House of Lords. ... The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, has a judicial function as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. ...

Born in Yorkshire, the daughter of teachers, Brenda Hale was educated in Richmond at the Richmond High School for Girls, and later studied at Girton College, Cambridge, where she read Law and graduated with a starred first and top of her class. After becoming assistant lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester, she was called to the Bar in 1969, topping the list in the finals for that year. Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The town of Richmond as seen from the top of the keep of Richmond Castle Richmond is a market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire, UK and is the administrative centre of the district of Richmondshire. ... Full name Girton College Motto - Better is wisdom than weapons of war (Alumni) Named after Girton Village Previous names The College for Women (1869), Girton College (1872) Established 1869 Sister College(s) Somerville College Mistress Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern Location Huntingdon Road Undergraduates 503 Postgraduates 201 Homepage Boatclub Girton College... The University of Manchester in Manchester, England, was formed by the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester (commonly known as the University of Manchester before the merger) and UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) on 1 October 2004. ... In England and Wales, many Commonwealth jurisdictions, and Hong Kong SAR, barristers (, lawyers who are licensed to argue cases in superior courts, as opposed to those licensed for other forms of legal practice outside of the courtrooms, such as providing legal advice to lay clients) are those who have been...

Working part time as a barrister, Hale spent eighteen years working mostly in academia, finally becoming Professor of Law at Manchester in 1986. Two years earlier she had achieved the distinction of becoming the first woman and youngest person ever to be appointed to the Law Commission, overseeing a number of important reforms in family law during her nine years with the Commission. In 1989 she was made a Queen's Counsel and a Recorder, and in 1994 became a judge in the Family Division of the High Court of Justice. Upon her appointment, as is convention, as a Justice of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. English barrister A barrister is a lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... The Law Commission is an independent body set up by Parliament in 1965 to keep the law of England and Wales under review and recommend necessary reforms. ... Family Law was a television drama starring Kathleen Quinlan as a divorced lawyer who attempted to start her own law firm after her lawyer husband took all their old clients. ... Cherie Booth QC wearing her ceremonial robes (including full-bottomed wig) as Queens Counsel at the Bar of England and Wales. ... A Recorder is a barrister or solicitor of 10 years standing who serves as a part-time Crown court judge. ... Her Majestys High Court of Justice (known more simply as the High Court) is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, part of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in England and Wales: see Courts of England and Wales. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are...

In 1999, Hale followed Elizabeth Butler-Sloss to become only the second woman to be appointed to the Court of Appeal, also entering the Privy Council at the same time.. The Right Honourable Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, GBE (b. ... Her Majestys Court of Appeal is the second most senior court in the English legal system (with only the judges of the House of Lords above it). ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ...

In 2003 it was announced that she was to become the first female Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, and the following year she was on her appointment created a life peer as Baroness Hale of Richmond, of Easby in the County of North Yorkshire. The traditional counties as usually portrayed. ... North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county within the Government Office Region of Yorkshire and the Humber in northern England, United Kingdom and also a larger ceremonial county, partly in the North East England region. ...

Lady Hale of Richmond is also Chancellor of the University of Bristol, to which position she was elected in 2004. A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. ...

Styles

Formal:

• Miss Brenda Hale (—1989)
• Miss Brenda Hale, QC (1989–1994)
• The Hon. Mrs Justice Hale, DBE (1994–1999)
• The Rt Hon. Lady Justice Hale, DBE, PC (1999–2003)
• The Rt Hon. The Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, PC (2003—)

Social:

• Miss Brenda Hale (—1989)
• Miss Brenda Hale, QC (1989–1994)
• Dame Brenda Hale, DBE (1994–1999)
• The Rt Hon. Dame Brenda Hale, DBE, PC (1999–2003)
• The Rt Hon. The Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, PC (2003—)

External links

• Profile from The Guardian, 9 January 2004