Mary Arden

Judge, Chivalric Order Member

1947 –

93

Who is Mary Arden?

Dame Mary Howarth Mance, Lady Mance, DBE, QC, née Arden, styled The Rt Hon. Lady Justice Arden or Dame Mary Arden, is now a British Court of Appeal judge.

She 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 studied law at Girton College, Cambridge, and took an LLM degree at Harvard Law School in 1970 as a Kennedy Scholar. She married fellow barrister Jonathan 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.

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Born
Jan 23, 1947
Liverpool
Also known as
  • Judge Mary Arden
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Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Girton College, Cambridge
  • Harvard Law School

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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