Edith Hesling becomes the first woman to preside over a County Court.
Published 10th June 2020
Edith presides as a Deputy at Macclesfield in 1946. Her application for full appointment, however, was later not accepted. Edith was also the first woman called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1923.
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