Judiciary in England and Wales ‘institutionally racist’, says report
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#64VPK)
Exclusive: more than half of legal professionals in survey said they saw a judge acting in a racially biased way
The judiciary in England and Wales is institutionally racist", with more than half of legal professionals surveyed claiming to have witnessed a judge acting in a racially biased way, according to a report.
The study by the University of Manchester and barrister Keir Monteith KC found judicial discrimination to be directed particularly towards Black court users - from lawyers to witnesses to defendants.
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