Janet Smith (judge), Date of Birth

Janet Smith (judge)

British judge

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1940

Profession: judge

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Dame Janet Hilary Smith, (born 29 November 1940), styled The Rt Hon.
Lady Justice Smith, is an English barrister and former High Court Judge and President of the Council of The Inns of Court.
She was the judge who prepared The Shipman Inquiry, a report on the activities of the British serial killer Harold Shipman, and the Dame Janet Smith Review, a report on the activities of the British media personality and paedophile Jimmy Savile.
On 21 November 2002, Smith became the fourth woman to be promoted to the Court of Appeal, but has since retired from that role.
She is a Convenor of the cross-party political movement More United.