Recommendation 51

The fact that only 1% of Crown Court judges are Black and that this has not changed since 2015 is shocking. In our view, the lack of progress on the number of Black judges in the Crown Court is evidence that something is seriously wrong with the process of appointing the judiciary. While successive Chief Justices have acknowledged this issue, the persistence of such stark underrepresentation demonstrates that efforts to date have failed to deliver meaningful change. We are not convinced that the current schemes and initiatives will be sufficient. (Conclusion, Paragraph 185)