The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) today (6 October) published data on seven selection exercises completed since 1 April 2008 including the selection exercise data for the High Court.

Date: 06 October 2008

Five of the 22 High Court judges recommended for appointment by the JAC this year are women, which will raise the number of women High Court judges to 17, the highest number ever.

Two of the High Court appointments, Sonia Proudman, QC and Elizabeth Slade, QC, will be sworn in this month and the three other women will join the bench over the next year.

Baroness Prashar, Chairman of the JAC said: "I am delighted that we are making progress and that our strenuous efforts are beginning to show results. We expect the composition of the senior judges will gradually come to reflect society more closely."

As we did in April, the tables published today include information on the "eligible pool" of candidates for each post - the number of people who meet the job-specific minimum entry requirements.

The full list of those selection exercise data published is:
00278: Residential Property Tribunal (Wales) 2007
00324: Fee-Paid Legal Members of The Charity Tribunal 2007
00325: Fee-Paid Ordinary Member of The Charity Tribunal 2007
00328: Social Security and Child Support Commissioner-Salaried 2007
00336: Senior Immigration Judge, Asylum and Immigration Tribunal 2007
00337: Designated Immigration Judge for the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal 2007
00351: High Court 2008

Results of Selection Exercises