Dame Beverley Ann Macnaughton Lang, KC (born 13 October 1955), styled The Hon. Ms Justice Lang, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales. She was educated at

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and

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. She was called to the Bar at

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in 1978 and worked as a lecturer at the

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from 1978 to 1981. She was appointed a

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in 2000, Recorder from 2006 to 2011, and judge of the

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(Queen's Bench Division) since 2011. On 15 March 2012, Lang was appointed to the

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as a Dame Commander (DBE). She was elected an honorary fellow of Lady Margaret Hall in 2011. She is a granddaughter of

Archibald Orr Lang Archibald Orr Lang (circa 1880 – 10 July 1957) was a Scottish shipping businessman and unofficial member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Career Lang arrived in Hong Kong in 1904 to join the Gibb, Livingston & Co ...

. In a case concerning Transport for London's Streetspace scheme, her January 2021 ruling in favour of the Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association and United Trade Action Group was "comprehensively" overturned by the Court of Appeal. The appeal justices described her choice of language in the January ruling as "extraordinary and not right".

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