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Before jumping to the headlines as the judge who stood up to Boris Johnson, Brenda Hale (Leeds, 1945) broke down barriers as the first woman in charge of the Supreme Court in 2017, followed by her stellar appearance among the judges of the popular ' BBC Masterchef 'in 2018.

So the face that parsimoniously read the opinion of the high court and concluded that the suspension of Parliament was "illegal", was already far from familiar to the British, intrigued especially by the striking spider (apparently, a black widow) who The judge wore a black collar print on her neck.

Lady Hale or Baroness Hale, as it is popularly known, has become the last character invited to the soap opera that does not stop Brexit , with its squad of heroes and villains accumulated over three long seasons since the 2016 referendum.

The supporters of the stay already have a new reference in Lady Hale , who at 74 years hurries the remaining months for the 75, in January, and ask for retirement. The president of the Supreme Court, who headed the panel composed of 11 judges who unanimously arrived at the opinion contrary to the Government in her pulse with Parliament, deserved the entrance to the anathema of the conservative means, erected in defenders of the will of the people.

Hale is accustomed to criticism since in 1984 the 'Daily Mail' considered that her arrival at the Judicial Commission of England and Wales (the first woman and her youngest member) was a way of "subverting family values." And it is that the magistrate has never bit her tongue when criticizing the prevailing sexism in the judiciary ... "And I speak not only of overwhelmingly white men, but also of the limited spectrum of educational institutions and social extract" .

Brenda Hale was born in Leeds, the daughter of two professors, and studied at a public school in Yorkshire, before making the leap to Girton College in Cambridge (the first of the class) and finally to the University of Manchester, where she worked as an academic for 18 years.

Between 1989 and 1994, she served as advisor to the Queen and part-time judge, and later as a member of the House of Lords. In 2017, she ended her long and ascending career when she was elected president of the Supreme Court.

Known for her candor, "small in stature but tall in presence" (according to 'The Financial Times'), Lady Hale set off from the entrance with the progressive judge's vitola, which put Brexit's hosts on guard. "The Supreme Court exists to decide difficult issues and that is what we will do, without fear, favoritism, affectation or ill will," he announced at the beginning of the three days of sessions that preceded the ruling on Tuesday.

Lady Hale was married in first nuptials with Professor Anthony Hoggett , with whom she had a daughter. Divorced, he remarried his former professor Julian Farrand , whom he considers his "frog become prince." In addition to his predilection for insects, which he usually uses in brooches or as motifs of ornament, Judge Hale has a predilection for flowers and ceramic frogs.

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