sentences:  She was a Recorder of the Crown Court between 1975–83, and was a Circuit Judge on the Northern Circuit from 1983 to 1986, moving to the Western Circuit from 1986-90.In 1990, she became the fifth woman to be appointed as High Court judge, after Elizabeth Lane, Rose Heilbron, Margaret Booth, and Elizabeth Butler-Sloss.As is customary, she was created Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).