How many UK Supreme Court judges do you think ever acted as lawyers for a claimant in a social security case? ZERO. *Extremely nervous* to announce this rather bolshy ('somewhat contentious' and 'robust in tone') piece in the JSSL. I argue there is a 'professional diversity deficit' in UKSC, AND...
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https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/pdfs/cfc_2015/CFC_0011_1993.pdf
It’s pretty standards for about half the Bar students in London to do SOME work for the FRU…
The legal profession attracts most of the “most talented” graduates to the most lucrative areas, of which, sadly, Public and Administrative Law is not one until you get above the Tribunal level, which prices most high-flying future LJAs out of claimant representation.