Baker was educated at University College Cork, where she received BA, MA and BCL degrees.

[3] She specialised on cases involving the National Asset Management Agency towards the end of her career as a barrister.

[4] She was a member of the Study Group on Pre-nuptial Agreements, which reported to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in 2007.

[7] She sat in on a three-judge division of the High Court in December 2014 in the case of PP v.

Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell appointed her to that position when the commission was established in 2023.