Dame Margaret Booth, judge who made lasting contributions to divorce and family law – obituary
Dame Margaret Booth, judge who made lasting contributions to divorce and family law – obituary She overcame prejudice to rise to the top of her profession and at one stage was the only woman among 80 High Court judges Dame Margaret Booth in 2000 launching the first Parents Week Credit: UPPA/Photoshot Dame Margaret Booth, who has died aged 87, was only the third woman to be appointed a High Court judge. Like Elizabeth Lane and Rose Heilbron before her, she was assigned to the Family Division, but unlike her predecessors, both of whom had been criminal barristers, Booth was an expert in fam...
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