The Rt Hon Lady Justice Hallett

Dame Heather Carol Hallett is the fifth woman to sit as judge in the Court of Appeal. In 2009 she was chosen to act as coroner in the inquest into the deaths of 52 people in the London bombings of 7 July 2005.

She was called to the Bar in 1972 and became a QC in 1989. She went on in 1998 to become the first woman to chair the Bar Council. She was made a High Court Judge in 1999 and has served on the Court of Appeal since 2005. She is tipped by some to be the next Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.