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Lammy: ‘Tap on the shoulder’ better for judicial diversity than JAC

Sep 23, 2021

Lammy: Changing that situation requires leadershipThe old "tip on the shoulder" system of appointing judges would have brought better diversity to ethnic minority lawyers than the current system, said Labor MP David Lammy.There has been…

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Lammy hits out at “absolute scandal” of judicial diversity

Jul 20, 2021

Lammy: Judicial Appointments Commission failedIt was an "absolute scandal" that only 1% of the judges were black, said the Shadow Lord Chancellor after figures that showed a decrease in the number of lawyers at the bank.Overall, 55% of the…