Margaret Booth (judge)
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Dame Margaret Myfanwy Wood Booth, DBE (11 September 1933 – 1 January 2021) was a British judge.
Education and career
Her father was told by a cousin in the early 1950s, "Don't put your daughter in to law; there is no place for women in the law" but the family ignored this and Margaret Booth was called to the Bar in 1956 after studying law at University College London, having won a scholarship from Middle Temple. In 1976 she took silk, becoming only the tenth woman appointed a Queen's Counsel.[1]
In January 1979, she became the third woman to be appointed as a
She retired from judicial office in 1994.
She was awarded an honorary LLD by the
From 2004 she was President of the Family and Parenting Institute, having been Chairman from 1999 to 2004.[4]
Dame Margaret Booth died on 1 January 2021.[5]
Personal life
Booth married twice, her second husband Peter Gluksman, died in 2002. Booth was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease later in life.[1]
References
- Senior Judiciary List from the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
- ^ ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "The Red Robes | First 100 Years". first100years.org.uk. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ Freely, Maureen (3 June 2002). "Divorce: the new hope for children". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ Booth
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