Senior Lawyers Demand Action to Replace White Males in Judiciary
Virginia Hale
As well as describing diversity as an “intrinsic good” the report said the “lack of female and visible [black and ethnic minority] senior judges threatens to erode the public’s confidence in the judiciary” warning it could be perceived to be “unfair” that in the Crown Court “those tried are disproportionately yet the judges are overwhelmingly white”.
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