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"Sumption (pictured) said that the tradition of barristers at the end of their careers at the bar going on to become judges is a ‘terrific public asset’. ‘It’s a tradition which you can destroy very easily and never recreate, not without waiting for a very long time,’ he said"

Well done for coming clean on the assumption that, whatever their age or gender, senior Judges will only ever come from the Bar. Will those upstart solicitors destroy the tradition too? And this is from a former Judicial Appointments Commissioner too!