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ROSE QC (Paperback)
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ROSE QC (Paperback)
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Re-issued in paperback to mark the centenary of legislation
enabling women to enter the professions for the first time in the
United Kingdom. Rose Heilbron QC (later Dame Rose Heilbron), was an
English barrister, who became a world famous icon of the 1950s and
1960s. She was one of the two first women King's Counsel (later
Queen's Counsel) in 1949 and the first senior woman Judge in
England in 1956 when she became Recorder of Burnley. This
biography, written by her daughter Hilary, also a barrister and
Queen's Counsel, charts her rise to prominence and success against
the odds, excelling as an advocate and lawyer and later as only the
second female High Court Judge in a career spanning nearly 50
years. She broke down many barriers with a string of firsts in the
legal profession. She became a pioneer for women at the English Bar
and for women generally, championing many women's causes in an era
when it was not fashionable to do so. The biography highlights her
role as an inspiring and successful defence advocate in many famous
and fascinating cases as well as in cases of great legal
importance. These include the Cameo murder case in 1950; the trial
of Devlin and Burns for capital murder; the representation of the
striking Liverpool Dockers in a case of national importance; the
defence of the notorious London gangster, Jack Spot; and the
representation, in an early anti-discrimination case, of the world
renowned cricketer, Learie Constantine. Also chronicled are her
years as a High Court Judge and the wide range of other legal and
non-legal activities she undertook as a result of her fame
including her appointment by the government in 1975 to chair an
Advisory Committee on Rape. With the added insights and
recollections of her daughter it portrays a multi-dimensional
picture of the young and beautiful Rose Heilbron - barrister,
judge, working wife and mother - who not only managed to combine
these public and private roles in an era when to do so was
extremely rare, but who did so with the combination of warmth,
flair and determination which was to make her an internationally
acclaimed role model for women. Many people over the years have
wanted to write about her; this is the first authorised biography.
From the Foreword by Cherie Blair QC '[an] inspirational
pioneer...But it wasn't her novelty that made Rose's career at the
Bar such a glittering success. She broke the mould because she was
a brilliant advocate and a master of her brief...Rose's daughter
gives us in this book a personal and warm insight into Rose, the
advocate, with a comprehensive account of a glittering variety of
her legal cases from the notorious to the more mundane...the
working mum who always found time for her family and...who cared
about equality and justice for other women...'
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