Caroline Swift
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Dame Caroline Jane Swift, DBE (born 1955), styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Swift, was educated at Durham University, England. She was called to the Bar, Inner Temple in 1977. The following year she began practising on the Northern Circuit, later becoming Assistant Recorder from 1992 until 1995, and QC in 1993. She became a Recorder in 1995, a Bencher in 1997.[1]
She was Leading counsel in the Shipman Inquiry, which began in 2001.[2]
On November 4, 2005, she was created a DBE upon her appointment as a Justice of the High Court (Queens Bench Division). Her husband, Peter Openshaw, is also a High Court Justice, and was sworn in on the same day she was. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ UK Government News article DBE Appointment of Caroline Swift QC and Julia Macur QC published November 4, 2005. Accessed June 7, 2007.
- ^ Tameside Advertiser article Shipman Inquiry counsel Caroline Swift QC published July 16, 2002. Accessed June 7, 2007.
- ^ "BBC News Online article Married judges make legal history published September 30, 2005. Accessed June 6, 2007.
