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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

People who do not ‘look like’ typical judge have lowest trust in judiciary

Judges wearing traditional ceremonial wigs and robes in a procession at Westminster, London
Judges processing at Westminster, London. The survey found trust in the judiciary was lowest among people aged 18-24. Photograph: oversnap/Getty Images/iStockphoto

People who do not “look like” the archetypal judge have less confidence in the judiciary than those who do, a poll has found.

The survey of more than 5,000 adults across Great Britain, carried out by YouGov for the campaigning organisation the Good Law Project (GLP), found that 28% of people do not trust judges at all/very much while 31% said their level of trust had declined in recent years.

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