Mary Arden (judge)
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The Right Honourable Dame Mary Arden DBE, QC |
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| Lady Justice of Appeal | |
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Assumed office 2000 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| High Court Judge | |
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In office 1993–2000 |
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Arden 23 January 1947 Liverpool |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance |
| Alma mater |
Girton College, Cambridge Harvard Law School |
Dame Mary Howarth Mance, Lady Mance, DBE, QC (née Arden; born 23 January 1947), styled The Rt Hon. Lady Justice Arden or Dame Mary Arden, is an English judge. She currently serves as a judge on the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Mary Arden was born in Liverpool. Her grandfather was a partner in Gamon Arden and Co., a Liverpool firm of solicitors. Her father and brother, Roger, joined the family firm which merged with Hill Dickinson in 2007. She was brought up in south Liverpool and educated at Huyton College. She read law at Girton College, Cambridge, and took an LLM degree at Harvard Law School in 1970 as a Kennedy Scholar. She married Jonathan Mance (now Lord Mance) in the Lady Chapel at Liverpool Cathedral in 1973; they have three children together - two daughters and a son.
She was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1971, and joined Lincoln's Inn in 1973. She practised at Erskine Chambers from 1971 to 1993, mainly in company law. She became a QC in 1986, and served as Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster. She is an Honorary Fellow of Royal Holloway, University of London, and of the Liverpool John Moores University.
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