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A Ms Justice in the high court – at last the judiciary starts to catch up

28th May 2014 by Kate Malleson

As Alison Russell, QC, becomes the first high court judge to be formally addressed as Ms Justice, Erika Rackley comments in the Guardian that it reminds us of the legal system’s diversity deficit.

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