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This essay will entail a discussion on the diversity of the senior judiciary addressing the fact that the complete lack of diversity in the supreme courts is a serious problem that needs a solution There are twelve Law Lords in the UK out of these 12 only one Baroness Hale is a woman As well as this she is the only female Law Lord ever appointed The remaining eleven Law Lords are white males Lord Sumption s view on judicial diversity is it has to happen naturally we have got to be very careful not to do things at a speed which will make male candidates feel that the cards are stacked against them This is regrettably a common view within the House of Lords That the Constitutional Reforms Act of 2005 is still young and eventually change will come about naturally in time Lady Hale s view is a more contemporary and refreshing view stating it is wrong in principle that authority be wielded by such a very unrepresentative section of the population The Supreme Court introduced an Equality and Diversity strategy from 2016 2020 in this strategy it says We will put equality and diversity at the heart of our business As Baroness Hale rightly says this unrepresentative section of the population that is the senior judiciary may not be able to provide a diverse enough understanding of not just the law but of people An understanding that might be reached if the Supreme Courts considered BAME and female judges
