Dame Anne Judith Rafferty DBE, PC (born 26 July 1950),[1] is an English jurist, who served as a Lady Justice of Appeal of England and Wales from 2011 to 2020.

Educated at Wolverhampton Girls' High School before going up to read law at the University of Sheffield, Rafferty was the first woman to chair the Criminal Bar Association.

[5] In November 2014, her appointment as Chancellor of the University of Sheffield (her alma mater) was announced, to replace Sir Peter Middleton in Summer 2015.

[6] In 2019, Lady Justice Rafferty became known for overturning a lower court decision that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had to face three allegations of misconduct in public office, including a disputed claim that the UK was sending £350m a week to Brussels.

Dame Anne Rafferty is married to fellow lawyer His Honour Judge Brian Barker CBE KC, formerly Recorder of London; they have four daughters.