First woman High Court justice dies, aged 71

TRIBUTES were paid last night to the former High Court judge Ms Justice Mella Carroll, who died at the age of 71 after a long illness.

She became the first female appointee to the court in 1980 and served on it until her retirement last November.

Ms Justice Carroll also chaired the high-profile Commission on Nursing and was a judge of the administrative tribunal of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva.