Averil Deverell

Averil Deverell (2 January 1893 - 11 February 1979) was one of the first two women barristers in the UK and Ireland. She was called to the Irish bar at King's Inn on the 1st November 1921, together with Frances Kyle.[1]

Deverell was from Greystones and her father was Clerk of the Crown and Peace for County Wicklow. Averil was awarded a law degree from Trinity College, Dublin in 1915.[2] She drove an ambulance in France during the first World War before the law changed in 1919 to allow women to become barristers.[3] When Frances and Averil were called to the bar, they were among the first to be called since the Irish Judiciary had become independent.

Deverell was the first woman to appear in the Supreme Court of Ireland and the Court of Criminal Appeal in Ireland, and in 1928 she became the first Irish woman barrister to appear before the Privy Council in London.[4] Alongside her work at the bar, she bred cairn terriers.

See Also

First women lawyers around the world

References

  1. ↑ Harford, Judith; Rush, Claire (2010). Have Women Made a Difference?: Women in Irish Universities, 1850-2010. Peter Lang. ISBN 9783034301169.
  2. ↑ First 100 Years, https://first100years.org.uk/averil-deverell/, Accessed 15 June 2018
  3. ↑ "Trove belonging to Averil Deverell, Ireland's first female barrister, is saved". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  4. ↑ First 100 Years, https://first100years.org.uk/averil-deverell/, accessed 15 June 2018


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