Response to advisory panel on judicial diversity report

The independent Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity, chaired by Baroness Neuberger, has published a report on judicial diversity today.

Commenting on the report the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, said:

“I am immensely grateful to Baroness Neuberger and the Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity for the thorough and wide-ranging report they have published today. The Panel’s recommendations represent a very carefully considered series of proposals which, taken together, will make a significant contribution to improving the diversity of the judiciary. I therefore welcome the Report with warm enthusiasm.”

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Notes to Editors

1. A copy of the report of the Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity is published by the Ministry of Justice today and a copy of their press notice is available: Jack Straw welcomes new measures to boost judicial diversity.
2. For further information please contact the Judicial Communications Office on 020 7073 4852.