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Judicial diversity: First female senior presiding judge appointed

Legal Business
Legal Business · 19 January 2015 · 2 min read
DE&I Legal affairs

The senior judiciary has gone further towards increasing diversity in its ranks as it names its first female senior presiding judge (SPJ) in the latest round of appointments.

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