Dame Finola Mary Lucy O'Farrell DBE KC (born 15 December 1960), commonly called The Honourable Mrs Justice O'Farrell is a British high court judge and barrister. Early life Finola O'Farrell was educated at St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls and later earned a bachelor's degree from Durham University in 1982. Career O'Farrell was called to the Bar in 1983 at the Inner Temple and practised construction and energy law. In 2002, she became a QC and was appointed as a Recorder in 2007. On 3 October 2016, she was appointed as a High Court judge and was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the same year. She is Judge in Charge of the Technology and Construction Court. Personal life In 1993, she married Stuart Andrews with whom she has one daughter. He died in 2010. References 1960 births Living people Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of Trevelyan College, Durham British women judges English King's Counsel British people of Irish descent British Roman Catholics Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) 21st-century King's Counsel 21st-century English judges