Laura Cox (judge)

For other people named Laura Cox, see Laura Cox (disambiguation).

Dame Laura Mary Cox DBE (born 8 November 1951), styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Cox, is a former English High Court judge of the Queen's Bench Division, serving from 2002 until her retirement in 2016. ^[1] Before serving on the bench, she was a barrister who specialised in employment law, discrimination and human rights.

Affiliations

• Head of Cloisters Chambers, Temple (1995–2002)
• Chairperson of the Bar Council Sex Discrimination Committee (1995–99) and Equal Opportunities Committee (1999–2002)
• Bencher of the Inner Temple; member of the Independent Human Rights Organization Justice (former Council member) and *Lawyers of Liberty (the National Council for Civil Liberties), co-founder
• Vice-President of the Institute of Employment Rights
• Panel of Experts advising the Cambridge University Independent Review of Discrimination Legislation, panel member
• Honorary Fellow of Queen Mary College, London University (2005)
• Council of the University of London (2003–06), member
• President of the Association of Women Barristers
• United Kingdom Association of Women Judges, committee member

Judicial career

She was appointed as a Queen's Bench Division judge in the High Court on 4 November 2002, and was awarded, as customary, a damehood (DBE). ^[2]

See also

• Murder of Sian O'Callaghan ^[3]

References

1. "Ex-judge Dame Laura Cox to head Commons bullying inquiry". TheGuardian.com . 23 April 2018.
2. "List of the Senior Judiciary". Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2008.
3. "Christopher Halliwell led police to two bodies – then tried to evade trial". The Guardian . 19 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.

External links

• Kent.ac.uk
• Hmcourts-service.gov.uk
• Thelawyer.com