Exclusive: Move comes amid increasing pressure over influential figures’ ties to organisation that bars women
‘It isn’t acceptable’: Garrick Club remains a bastion of male elitismLegal profession’s most powerful among members of Garrick Club
At least four senior judges have resigned from the men-only Garrick Club, the Judicial Office has said, as men in the legal profession come under increasing pressure over their close association with an organisation that has repeatedly blocked attempts to allow women to join.
The office confirmed that the appeal court judge Sir Keith Lindblom and the high court judges Sir Nicholas Cusworth, Sir Nicholas Lavender and Sir Ian Dove had resigned.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Exclusive: Move comes amid increasing pressure over influential figures’ ties to organisation that bars women‘It isn’t acceptable’: Garrick Club remains a bastion of male elitismLegal profession’s most powerful among members of Garrick ClubAt least four senior judges have resigned from the men-only Garrick Club, the Judicial Office has said, as men in the legal profession come under increasing pressure over their close association with an organisation that has repeatedly blocked attempts to allow women to join.The office confirmed that the appeal court judge Sir Keith Lindblom and the high court judges Sir Nicholas Cusworth, Sir Nicholas Lavender and Sir Ian Dove had resigned. Continue reading…
