Judges warned to beware their subconscious bias against poor and foreign defendants by head of the Supreme Court

‘Britain’s white and wealthy judges must ensure they do not inject a ‘subconscious bias’ into their courtroom dealings with less privileged members of society, Britain’s most senior judge has warned.

Lord Neuberger, the President of the Supreme Court, has said judges should be ‘sensitive’ to the fact that they usually came from a ‘more privileged sector of society’ than many of those facing them in court and they should have an understanding of ‘different cultural and social habits’.

He made the comments a week ago during an address to the Criminal Justice Alliance, in which he spoke of modern aspects of the British legal system.’

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