Dame Anna Evelyn Hamilton Pauffley DBE (born 13 January 1956), styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Pauffley, was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales. until her retirement on 1 October 2017. She was educated at

Godolphin School Godolphin School is an independent boarding and day school for girls in Salisbury, England, which was founded in 1726 and opened in 1784. The school educates girls between the ages of three and eighteen. History Godolphin was founded by Eliz ...

and the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

. She was called to the bar at

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn an ...

in 1979. In 2003, she was appointed a judge of the

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(Family Division). She retired from the bench in October 2017.

Controversies

Accommodating child abuse

On 11 June 2015, Pauffley was highly criticised by ministers and child protection campaigners for stating that it was 'okay for migrant families to hit children', suggesting that migrants could hit children because of so-called 'culture context', in response a government spokesman stated that there should never be any exceptions regarding child abuse.David Barrett, 'Immigrants who beat their children should get special treatment says judge', ''The Telegraph'', 09 June 2015
Retrieved 13 June 2015

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1956 births Living people People educated at Godolphin School Alumni of the University of London Members of the Middle Temple Family Division judges English women judges {{UK-law-bio-stub