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Hmmm. A rather misleading headline, this, because it implies that at one time there was some progress.

What the figures actually show is that year-on-year since 2014 there has been no increase in the proportion of non-barrister Judges in either the Courts or the Tribunals and that overall we are 3% down on the position in 2014.

Most stark is the percentage for the Courts as a whole. JAC stats tell us that solicitors make up about 85% of the eligible pool from which appointments can be made but (as these latest stats show) only 34% of the Judges, and that they are bunched mostly at the lowest level.

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