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The Constitutional Significance of the UKSC: Is it Time to Rethink Appointments to the Apex Court Again?

9th December 2016 by lwbk

Byron Karemba  This article is cross-posted to the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Blog A Changing Court If you are a public law anorak (like me!) your eyes have probably been glued to the Supreme Court website over the last few days watching the live streaming of the hearings in R (Miller and another) v Secretary of … Read more

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Lord Neuberger Reflects on the Supreme Court and Lack of Diversity on the Court

23rd November 2016 by lwbk

“……the higher echelons of the judiciary in the United Kingdom suffer from a marked lack of diversity and here I must admit the Supreme Court does not score at all well. We have one white woman and ten white men, and, although two of the eleven were not privately educated, none of us come from … Read more

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UK Among Countries With the Lowest Representation of Women in the Judiciary in Europe

9th October 2016 by lwbk

A report by the Council of Europe highlights the sombre fact that, the three jurisdictions within the United Kingdom have some of the lowest percentages of female representation in their respective judiciaries. Read more here

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