Elizabeth Gloster

The Right Honourable
Dame Elizabeth Gloster
DBE PC

Lord Justice of Appeal
Assumed office
9 April 2013
Monarch Elizabeth II
High Court Judge
In office
21 April 2004 – 9 April 2013
Personal details
Born Elizabeth Gloster
(1949-06-05) 5 June 1949
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Stanley Brodie QC (div. 2004)
Sir Oliver Popplewell (m. 2008)
Alma mater Girton College, Cambridge
Occupation Judge
Profession Barrister

Dame Elizabeth Gloster, DBE PC (born 5 June 1949),[1] is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. While a judge of the High Court of Justice, she served as the first female judge of the Commercial Court.[2]

Education

Gloster was educated at Roedean School and Girton College, Cambridge.[3]

Career

Gloster was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1971 (and made a bencher in 1992). She joined the Magic Circle set of One Essex Court.[4] In 1989, she became a Queen's Counsel. She was appointed a judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey in 1993 and a Recorder in 1995.[5]

On 21 April 2004, Gloster was appointed a High Court judge,[6] receiving the customary appointment as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), and appointed to the Queen's Bench Division.[5] From 2010-12, she served as head of the Commercial Court."Debrett's People of Today". Retrieved 12 April 2012. 

On 9 April 2013, she was appointed a Lady Justice of Appeal[7] and consequently appointed to the Privy Council.

Private life

In 2004, Elizabeth Gloster was divorced from her husband of three decades, Stanley Brodie QC.[8] On 15 March 2008, she married former judge and noted cricket player Sir Oliver Popplewell.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Senior judiciary". The Judicial Office. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Malkin, Brendan (13 April 2004). "Gloster QC is first female Commercial Court judge". The Lawyer. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Elizabeth Gloster QC". Commonwealth Secretariat. 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Gloster, Dame Elizabeth - Hot 100". The Lawyer. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Appointment of new judge in charge of the Commercial Court". The Judicial Office. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 57274. p. 5305. 28 April 2004.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 60472. p. 7097. 11 April 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Brief affair ends with a wedding". The Daily Mail. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  9. ↑ Rozenberg, Joshua (4 June 2008). "Brief Encounters". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 October 2011.


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