Elizabeth Gloster
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The Right Honourable Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE PC |
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| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
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Assumed office 9 April 2013 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| High Court Judge | |
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In office 21 April 2004 – 9 April 2013 |
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Elizabeth Gloster 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) 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.
Gloster was educated at Roedean School and Girton College, Cambridge.
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. 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.
On 21 April 2004, Gloster was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary appointment as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), and appointed to the Queen's Bench Division. From 2010-12, she served as head of the Commercial Court."The Hon Mrs Justice Gloster, DBE". Debrett's People of Today.
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