| 词条 | Nicola Davies (judge) |
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Dame Nicola Velfor Davies {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DBE}} (born 13 March 1953)[1] is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, to which she was appointed in 2018.[2] At the Bar she practised in medical law. She is referred to as Rt Hon Lady Justice Davies. Early lifeDavies was born in Llanelli, Wales, and grew up in Bridgend. Her father, Eric Davies, was a chartered engineer who was employed by the Steel Company of Wales, and she has a younger brother called Jonathan. She was educated at Bridgend Girls' Grammar School (now closed), where she was the last head girl.[3] In 1971 she entered Birmingham University to read law.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} CareerAfter graduating, Davies worked briefly in a firm of solicitors before becoming an investment analyst in the City of London.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} She later decided to become a barrister and did her second six-month pupillage at Carpmael Buildings, which later became 3 Serjeant's Inn. She was called to the bar at Grays Inn in 1976.[3] As a young barrister acting as a junior counsel to the two doctors involved in the Cleveland child abuse cases, she became recognised as a medical specialist. She also became a member of the Treasury Panels.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} In 1992, at the age of 39, she became a Queen's Counsel, and in 1998 she was appointed to sit as an Assistant Recorder.[3] She chaired two Inquiries. In 1998 Davies spent six months on the Bristol heart surgeon's case, then took on the defence of the doctor and serial killer Harold Shipman.[4] In 2003, Davies was appointed as a deputy High Court judge. On judicial review she quashed a decision to close some National Health Service paediatric surgery units.[5] In 2013 Davies was appointed to sit as the Presiding Judge of the Wales Circuit between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2017.[6] Davies is an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University.[7] She was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 2018, giving Her the Honorific Title "The Right Honourable" for Life. References1. ^{{Citation|title=Birthdays|newspaper=The Guardian|page=37|date=13 March 2014}} 2. ^{{Citation|title=Judiciary of England & Wales|publisher=HM Government|date=10 December 2012|url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/list-of-members-of-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list|accessdate=14 March 2014}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Nicola Davies QC made High Court Judge and Dame of The British Empire|work=News|publisher=WalesOnline|date=21 January 2010|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/nicola-davies-qc-made-high-1940858|archivedate=14 March 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=In Defence of Shipman|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=31 January 2000|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/the_shipman_murders/the_shipman_files/609964.stm|accessdate=14 March 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2013/439.html|title=Save Our Surgery Ltd, R (on the application of) v Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts [2013] EWHC 439 (Admin)|publisher=Bailii.org|date=7 March 2013|accessdate=21 April 2013}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Appointment of New Presiding Judges|publisher=HM Government|date=17 June 2013|url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/media/media-releases/2013/appointment-new-presiding-judges-17062013|archivedate=14 March 2014}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Honorary Fellowships|publisher=Cardiff University|date=15 July 2012|url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/honorary-fellowships-9202.html|archivedate=14 March 2014}} External links
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