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Thursday 25 February 2010 at 2:42 am | In News | Post Comment The report by the Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity, which ministers have accepted, calls for “positive action” to be used where two candidates are seen to have equal abilities.

It would mean women or members of minority groups being chosen over other candidates at the very end of the selection process.
The panel chairman, Baroness Neuberger, said she hoped the proposals would lead to the judiciary accurately reflecting society within ten years.

Guardian report here.