“It is as well for the legal profession that neither Margaret Murray, nor her father, followed the advice of the family solicitor. In 1950, when Margaret told her parents that she wanted to go to university and study law, they were perplexed, as no one in the family had been to university, far less studied law.

“Robert and Jessie Murray ran a small paper shop and general store, in the middle of a council estate in Paisley. Margaret was the oldest of their four children. Not only had no one in the family been to university, nor had any of their friends or neighbours. On hearing of his daughter’s ambitions, Robert Murray sought advice from his own solicitor. The advice was not encouraging. Law was not a job for a woman, and no one would employ her.”

Read the full obituary on the The Journal’s website and see also the letter Mrs Hall wrote to SLN recalling her life in the law here.