She was called to the Bar by the
Inner Temple in 1977. The following year she began practising on the
Northern Circuit, later becoming Assistant Recorder from 1992 until 1995, and
QC in 1993. She became a
Recorder in 1995, and was elected a
Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1997. On 4 November 2005, Swift was created a
DBE upon her appointment as a
Justice of the High Court (
Queen's Bench Division). Her husband, Sir
Peter Openshaw, is also a High Court Judge, and was sworn in on the same day. Swift retired from the High Court on 1 August 2015. From 1 January 2017 Swift was appointed to the position of chair of the
Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service. ==See also==