Deborah Taylor (judge)
Deborah Elizabeth Taylor (born 14 March 1953) is a retired British barrister and judge. She served as resident judge at Southwark Crown Court and recorder of Westminster until her retirement in 2022. On 22 April 2025, Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood announced that Taylor would lead an inquiry into the 2023 Nottingham attacks during which three people were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane.[1]
She was educated at Bolton School, graduated from the University of York with a BA in history in 1974, and obtained a Certificate in Education from Hughes Hall, Cambridge in 1975.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Hammond, Laura (22 April 2025). "Retired judge to lead public inquiry into Nottingham attacks". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Taylor, Deborah Elizabeth, (born 14 March 1953), a Judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (formerly a Senior Immigration Judge, Asylum and Immigration Tribunal), 2005–16." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2009
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