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\"\"Despite the technical problems the \u00a0presentation of Lady Hale was thought provoking and educational about \u00a0the position of \u00a0Women in Law.<\/p>\n

She began with the changes in the 100 years since The Sex Disqualification \u00a0Removal Act of 1919 became law.<\/p>\n

There were women applying to be lawyers before the act, \u00a0in 1903 applications \u00a0were made to the bar in London, in 1904 Christabel Pankhurst applied to \u00a0join the Law Society, but none were successful as the word \u2018person\u2019 in the laws was found not to apply to women!.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until 1929 that definition of \u2018persons\u2019 was found to include women.<\/p>\n

The 1st<\/sup> women lawyers were admitted in 1921 in Scotland and Ireland and in England in 1922. The first barrister in England was admitted\u00a0 in 1922 and in Scotland Margaret Kidd became a \u00a0Scottish Advocate in 1923 but remained the only one for 25 years.<\/p>\n

The attitude to the women was not good though, \u00a0the misogyny faced was severe, and one barrister was described as large and blousy, incredibly common and even vulgar.<\/p>\n

In 2004 when Lady Hale joined the House of Lords as the first woman Lord \u00a0Appeal in Ordinary it was said by one of the existing Lords \u201cBrenda will be a source of some anxiety until we adjust to the very different contribution she will make\u201d. Have things ever changed?<\/p>\n

Statistics!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1960 2.3% of practising solicitors and 4.4% of barristers were women. In 2017 the corresponding \u00a0figures were 62% and about 50% \u00a0and are now 52% and 38%.<\/p>\n

The problem in Lady Hale\u2019s view is one of attrition, especially with family responsibilities for women, which seem to increase as women move up in their profession.<\/p>\n

Women solicitors as partners in private practice now number about 1\/3, and for barristers\u00a0 women QC \u2018s number about 17 %.<\/p>\n

For the Judiciary, the first woman Judge was appointed in 1945. Rose Heilbron, a keen Soroptimist, became one of the first women to become King\u2019s Counsel and then Queen\u2019s Counsel, and was the second woman to be appointed\u00a0 High Court Judge.<\/p>\n

continuing on to Lady Hale\u2019s appointment in 2004 so women now sit at every level of the Judiciary. Currently women make up 32% of \u00a0judges in the lower courts, 28% in the High Court and 21% in the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

Lady Hale then posed the question as to why we should want more women in the Law.<\/p>\n

For her, it is important that the law must serve everyone in society, all must feel confident they will get a fair hearing, and for this, both Courts and lawyers must be as reflective as possible of the society they serve. We must remember that women are not a minority group.<\/p>\n

In addition the 3 guiding principles\u00a0 of the law are justice, fairness and equality, \u00a0and race and gender should not affect these. Young people should see role models who look like themselves and we must not waste talents open to us.<\/p>\n

Finally, If women are included \u2018around the table\u2019 it would be much less easy for men to voice sexist views, and if they do, it is easier \u00a0for women to call them out. For Lady Hale we need women in the law to educate the men.<\/p>\n

To conclude Lady Hale urged us to celebrate the achievements of women in the law up to now, but also to continue to fight to increase the numbers of women in the law and their worthwhile contributions.<\/p>\n

A great way to start the Conference.<\/p>\n

Louise Parry
\nSI Northwich & District<\/p>\n

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About Lady Hale<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"Lady Hale<\/strong>\u00a0is the most senior judge in the United Kingdom. After teaching law at the University of Manchester for 18 years and then proposing reforms to the law at the Law Commission for over nine, she became a High Court Judge in 1994. In 1999 she was promoted to the Court of Appeal and in 2004 to the appellate committee of the House of Lords.<\/p>\n

In 2009, this became the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. She was appointed its Deputy President in 2013 and its first woman President in 2017. She is also President of the United Kingdom Association of Women Judges and a past President of the International Association of Women Judges. She was Treasurer of Gray\u2019s Inn in 2017 and Master of the Company of Fellmongers of Richmond, North Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

Lady Hale has been described (Times 29th September 2019) as : \u2018One of the most powerful women in Britain, and certainly the most prominent wearer of brooches\u2019. She defines feminism as \u2018believing in equality, equality for women and the validity of women\u2019s experience.\u2019<\/p>\n

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