Suzanne Hazel Read Goddard, KC (born 26 September 1963) is a British judge. She took

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s at

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and a degree in law at the

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. She was a member of Lincoln House Chambers, where she commenced pupillage in 1986. She became a

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in 2002, a QC in 2008 (which became King's Counsel (KC) in 2022 upon the

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), and a circuit judge, on the

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, in May 2015. Notable cases over which she presided include the 2020 trial of the serial rapist

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. She was defence barrister for television presenter

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in 2015.

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International Women's Day 2020 podcast
featuring Goddard {{DEFAULTSORT:Goddard, Suzanne Living people 1963 births English King's Counsel 21st-century King's Counsel 21st-century English judges Circuit judges (England and Wales) 21st-century British women judges Alumni of the University of Manchester People educated at Wrekin College 21st-century British women lawyers