JAC Statement: Lord Chancellor's Advisory Panel Report
Responding to the publication of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Panel Report today, Baroness Prashar, Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) said:
"The Advisory Panel's report confirms our view that many of the barriers to greater judicial diversity are systemic. It says that 'sustained progress on judicial diversity requires a fundamental shift in approach from a focus on selection processes towards a judicial career that addresses diversity at every stage'.
"That was why we established the JAC Diversity Forum two years ago. We have been working with the legal profession, the Judiciary and the Ministry of Justice on a range of actions which today's report endorses.
"These recommendations take on board the findings of our own detailed research 'Barriers to Application', published last year, and support our view that greater impetus should be given to the work already undertaken by our Diversity Forum and through the Trilateral Strategy (of the Chairman of the JAC, the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor)."