Report calls for structural change to fix imbalance,and says upcoming replacement of supreme court judges is an ‘unprecedented opportunity’The senior judiciary is dominated by privately educated white men and may need “targets with teeth” – whether not quotas – to improve diversity on the bench, a report by senior lawyers has warned.
The study by the reform group Justice is highly critical of the slow progress made towards selecting judges who reflect the UK’s ethnic, or gender and social composition. That failure,it says, has become “a serious constitutional issue”. Related: Supreme court seeks unusual judges who will 'improve its diversity' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com