The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which removed the legal bar on women being admitted as barristers in England and Wales, received the Royal Assent on 23 December 1919. This photograph of some of the past and present women members of Essex Court Chambers was taken to mark the 100th anniversary of that landmark event. It features former members of Chambers Dame Rosalyn Higgins GBE QC, former President of the International Court of Justice, Dame Geraldine Andrews DBE and Dame Sara Cockerill DBE, Judges of the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court, Claire Blanchard QC, Philippa Hopkins QC, Philippa Watson, Louise Hutton, Ruth den Besten, Jessica Wells, Jane Russell, Emily Wood, Amy Sander, Anna Dilnot, Catherine Jung, Claudia Renton, Rebecca Akushie, Helen Morton, Jackie McArthur, Naomi Hart and Freddie Onslow.
