AS Law and Politics student, Robyn Williamson, has kindly contributed to this blog her views on reform of the Office of the Attorney General Over the last 500 years, the Attorney General has ensured the Government follows the law, supported the rule of law, protected public interest and promoted improvements to the administration of justice. [...]
With only 13% of the 15,000 practising barristers being ethnic minorities (and 4% being in silk), one black BME judge in the High Court (Mrs Justice Dobbs), none in the Court of Appeal and none in the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords (soon to become the UK Supreme Court from 1st October 2009) [...]
