Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity
Its terms of reference are: ‘to identify the barriers to progress on judicial diversity and make recommendations to the Lord Chancellor on how to make speedier and sustained progress to a more diverse judiciary at every level and in all courts in England and Wales.’
It is charged with examining the problem and drawing up a list of practical measures that could be taken, including those that could happen quickly and those that would require legislation. The panel is an independent body, but will work with the senior judiciary, the Judicial Appointments Commission, the legal professions and those in the equality and diversity sector.
The panel members are:
- Baroness Julia Neuberger DBE (Chair)
- Dr Nicola Brewer CMG
- Dame Professor Hazel Genn DBE QC
- Lord Justice John Goldring
- Andrew Holroyd CBE
- Winston Hunter QC
Contact
For further information please contact:
Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity
c/o Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France
Constitution and Judiciary Division
London
SW1H 9AJ