The research found 67% of legal professionals believed “being in the right social network” influenced who became a sheriff or a judge, although almost no-one thought it should.
Two-thirds of Scotland’s lawyers believe ‘old-boy networks’ influence appointments to the bench, according to the broadest survey of the profession to date.
The research found 67% of legal professionals believed “being in the right social network” influenced who became a sheriff or a judge, although almost no-one thought it should.