Dame Beverley Ann Macnaughton Lang, DBE (born 13 October 1955), styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Lang, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
Mrs Justice Lang DBE | |
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| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 3 October 2011 | |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
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| Born | 13 October 1955 |
| Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
She was educated at Wycombe Abbey School and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1978 and worked as a lecturer at the University of East Anglia from 1978 to 1981. She was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2000, Recorder from 2006 to 2011, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2011.[1] On 15 March 2012, Lang was appointed to the Order of the British Empire as a Dame Commander (DBE).[2]
She was elected an honorary fellow of Lady Margaret Hall in 2011.[3] She is a granddaughter of Archibald Orr Lang.
References
edit- ^ 'LANG, Dame Beverley Ann Macnaughton', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- ^ "No. 60097". The London Gazette. 23 March 2012. p. 5859.
- ^ "The Hon Ms Justice Lang DBE". Lady Margaret Hall. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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