England: Lord Chief Justice calls for ‘urgent’ action on judicial recruitment crisis
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The judiciary is facing an “unsustainable” recruitment crisis, England and Wales’ most senior judge has said.
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, said that for the fourth year in a row, a number of judicial posts would go unfilled and that there was a real prospect of the High Court operating at 20 per cent below its capacity.
The Times reports that at an annual dinner for the judiciary hosted by the Lord Mayor of London at Mansion house, the judge said: “There is an urgent need to act now if we are to avoid serious and lasting damage to the High Court … with knock-on consequences for the professional services industry and the City.”
Lord Burnett added that the UK government’s response to the report of the Senior Salaries Review Body later this year would affect recruitment, with judges hoping for better salaries and conditions.
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