Miss Eileen Macdonald, barrister, recently made history in the House of Lords by crossing the Bar. As junior counsel to Mr E. G. Hemmerdo, K.C., she was appearing for a young man claiming compensation for injuries received in operating a circular saw. The law lords examined the saw exhibited: could not understand how it worked. After some consultation Miss Macdonald was invited to cross tho Bar to explain, a thing which even her senior had never done.
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Evening Star, Issue 23687, 21 September 1940, Page 9
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