• Sarah Falk

    Sarah Falk was the first woman to be appointed to the High Court straight from private practice, and one of only three solicitors to do so. She was previously [...]

  • Sarah Leigh

    Sarah Leigh, a pioneering clinical negligence lawyer, co-founded Leigh Day in 1987. She was also awarded an OBE for her contribution to the Woolf Inquiry into access to justice [...]

  • Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty, on her mother and the women that inspired her

    Chakrabarti was born to Hindu-Bengali parents in the suburb of Kenton in the London Borough of Harrow. Her father, a bookkeeper, has been cited by Chakrabarti as an influence on [...]

  • Shân Warnock-Smith

    An exclusive interview with Shân Warnock-Smith KC for First 100 Years. Widely regarded as one of the leading names at the Chancery Bar, Warnock-Smith is an adviser and litigator [...]

  • Spark21 2017: address by Darren Jones MP

    The Right Honourable Darren Jones MP is the Labour MP for Bristol North West and a member of the Science & Technology Select Committee. Before his election, Darren was [...]

  • Supreme Court – a celebration of First 100 Years with Lady Hale and Lord Neuberger

    We hosted a celebration party in support of the project attended by Lady Hale, the only woman on the UK Supreme Court, and Lord Neuberger, the president of the Supreme [...]

  • Supreme Court Evening

    The First 100 Years project hosted its annual reception at the Supreme Court, thus marking the amazing achievements of the last year in the presence of the country's top judges [...]

  • The story of Dame Linda Dobbs

    In 2004 Dame Linda Dobbs became the first black person appointed as judge of the High Court, commenting that she was confident that she was the first of many [...]

  • Yasmin Sheikh

    Yasmin Sheikh is a former personal injury lawyer and the founder of Diverse Matters, a consultancy that trains organisations on how to confidently approach disability and effectively tap into diverse [...]