Lord Neuberger rightly addresses the need for diversity on the supreme court bench (Report, 22 November). The proposed measures including flexible working practices and changes in the recruitment process are to be welcomed. However, the article goes on to state that there is a wider “criticism of the composition of the judiciary” particularly at senior levels from which supreme court judges are recruited. There is a radical solution: judges could be elected in part by the public from among suitably qualified and experienced lawyers. In this way the judiciary would more accurately reflect the public they serve. Judges could in turn then elect the supreme court from among their own numbers.
Francis McGonigal
Birmingham City University
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