Education
University of Sheffield.
University of Sheffield.
Educated at Wolverhampton Girls" High School and a graduate of the University of Sheffield, Rafferty was the first woman Chair of the Criminal Bar Association. She was appointed Queen"s Counsel in 1990 and a Recorder the following year. In 1999, she was promoted Deputy High Court Judge, before her appointment to the High Court of Justice in 2000, when she was assigned to the Queen"s Bench Division.
She received the customary accolade of the realm as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire).
In 2011, Rafferty was appointed to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales with effect from 5 July, and was sworn of the Privy Council. In November 2014 Rafferty"s appointment as Chancellor of the University of Sheffield (her alma mater) was announced, to replace Sir Peter Middleton in Summer 2015.