In becoming the first female Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, Truss smashed another glass ceiling, And, at 41, she would be the youngest holder of the office since George Jeffreys, the ‘hanging judge’ of the 1680s. But the falling shards cut deep; her appointment was met with howls of anguish from the legal establishment. Before her robes of office had even been fitted, her number two at the department walked out, saying she was a lightweight.
