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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Amelia Gentleman

Legal profession’s most powerful among members of London’s men-only Garrick Club

Composite of various judiciary members of Garrick Club
Members of the Garrick Club include, top row from left: Julian Flaux, Robert Hildyard, Christopher Butcher, Nicholas Hilliard and Keith Lindblom. Bottom row from left: Nicholas Cusworth, David Richards, Andrew Moylan, Nicholas Lavender and Ian Dove. Composite: Various

Some of Britain’s most powerful judges, including a serving member of the supreme court, along with about 150 leading barristers, are members of the Garrick Club, which has repeatedly blocked attempts to allow women to join.

The roll-call of the legal profession also includes five appeal court judges, eight high court judges, dozens of serving and retired judges, current and former ministers in the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and numerous senior solicitors.

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