Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove
British judge
Hazel Josephine Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, CBE (née Aronson; born 12 January 1946), is a Scottish lawyer and judge who served as a Senator of the College of Justice from 1996 to 2006. She was the first woman appointed to the College of Justice.
Born and raised in Glasgow, Cosgrove graduated law at the University of Glasgow, becoming the first in her family to attend university. Admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1968, she served as Standing Junior Counsel to the Department of Trade from 1977 to 1979 and became the first woman to serve as a Sheriff judge of Glasgow and Strathkelvin in 1979. She was a member of the Parole Board for Scotland from 1988 to 1991. In 1991, she was appointed to the Queen's Counsel. Cosgrove went on to serve as a Sheriff of Lothian and Borders at Edinburgh from 1983 to 1996. From 1992 to 1996, she was a temporary judge in the High Court of Justiciary and Court of Session.
In 1996, a vacancy was made in the College of Justice and Cosgrove was nominated by Prime Minister John Major to be appointed a Senator of the College of Justice. She was appointed on 12 July 1996, becoming the first female to be appointed a Senator.
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