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Equal Treatment Bench Book: new 2024 edition
From judiciary.uk:
A new and comprehensive 2024 edition of the Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB) has been published online.
The ETBB aims to increase awareness and understanding of the different circumstances of people appearing in courts and tribunals.
Containing practical guidance, the ETBB aids effective communication to help make the court experience fair for all, and accessible for parties and witnesses who might be uncertain, fearful or feel unable to participate.
This new edition aims to be as concise as possible, so that judges can easily access the necessary information. Each chapter has been updated, incorporating legislative/caselaw changes, removing out-of-date studies, newspaper references and adding relevant new statistics from reliable sources.
From the Law Society Gazette:
Six months after the lady chief justice told MPs that an equal treatment manual given to judges and magistrates was undergoing a refresh, the judiciary has finally published a ‘concise and user-friendly’ version.
However, one of the lead authors of a report on racial bias that called for the Equal Treatment Bench Book to be revised has told the Gazette some of the changes don’t go far enough.
https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/equal-treatment-bench-book-new-2024-edition