Frances Margaret Kirkham CBE (born 29 October 1947) is a British judge and former member of the
Judicial Appointments Commission
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Birmingham
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. She founded West Midlands Association of Women Solicitors and is a founder member of the UK Association of Women Judges. She was appointed as a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission in January 2006, as a representative for the
judiciary
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Kirkham was the coroner at the inquest into the death of six people in the Lakanal House fire.
She was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...