Florence Baron
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Dame Florence Jacqueline Baron, DBE (born 7 October 1952), styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Baron, is a British High Court Judge
.
Baron was educated at Jersey College for Girls and later at St Hugh's College, Oxford
. She was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple
in 1976, became a QC
in 1995 and was made a Recorder
in 1999. She was created a DBE upon her appointment as a Justice of the High Court (Family Division).
in 2009.
High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
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Baron was educated at Jersey College for Girls and later at St Hugh's College, Oxford
St Hugh's College, Oxford
St Hugh's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. It is located on a fourteen and a half acre site on St Margaret's Road, to the North of the city centre. It was founded in 1886 as a women's college, and accepted its first male students in its centenary year in 1986...
. She was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
in 1976, became a QC
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
in 1995 and was made a Recorder
Recorder (judge)
A Recorder is a judicial officer in England and Wales. It now refers to two quite different appointments. The ancient Recorderships of England and Wales now form part of a system of Honorary Recorderships which are filled by the most senior full-time circuit judges...
in 1999. She was created a DBE upon her appointment as a Justice of the High Court (Family Division).
NG v KR (Pre-Nuptial contract)
She decided that it would be "manifestly unfair" to hold a husband to his pre-nuptial contract, which was signed in Germany before the couple married in London in 1998. Although Baron recognised that the pre-nuptial agreement would have been fully enforceable in Germany or France, she held that they have never been legally binding in the United Kingdom. This decision was overruled by the Court of AppealCourt of Appeal of England and Wales
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales is the second most senior court in the English legal system, with only the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom above it...
in 2009.