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

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.


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