Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic
achievements and for the causes she has championed. Spider Woman is
her story.
As President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale won global attention in
finding the 2019 prorogation of Parliament to be unlawful. Yet that
dramatic moment was merely the pinnacle of a career throughout which she
was hailed as a pioneering reformer. As 'a little girl from a little
school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the
law because her headteacher told her she wasn't clever enough to study
history. She became the most senior judge in the country.
How does a self-professed 'girly swot' get ahead in a profession
dominated by men? A lifelong smasher of glass-ceilings, who took as her
motto 'women are equal to everything', her landmark rulings in areas
including domestic violence, divorce, mental health and equality were
her attempt to correct that.
Wise, warm and inspiring, Spider Woman shows how the law shapes our
world. It is the story of how Lady Hale found that she could overcome
the odds and change British law for good.