Dame Elizabeth Lane appointed first female judge in the County Court.
She was called to the bar in 1940 at Inner Temple, and became the third female King’s Counsel in 1950. She appeared in the official calendar as ‘Mr. Commissioner, Elizabeth Kathleen Lane QC.’
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Elizabeth Lane appointed High Court judge, the first woman to achieve this position
Dame Elizabeth Lane appointed first female judge in the County Court
