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Table 9. Summary of main figures regarding disability in Circuit judge, High Court
judge and all legal exercises: 2017-18 and 2018-19 compared

134
Year applicants shortlisted appointment RRI
Disabled:
Non
disabled

High Court
2017-18 5% 2% 0%

2018-19 4% 0% 0%
Circuit Bench

2017-18 7% 4% 5%

2018-19 6% 3% 0%

All legal exercises

2017-18 7% 6% 7% 1.03

2018-19 8% 7% 6% 0.70

2.95. The JAC collects disability data for legal and non-legal exercises, though
declaration rates are low and the eligible pool of disabled candidates is unable
to be identified. Across all exercises application, short listing and appointment
rates are consistent at around 7%. The overall numbers of disabled applicants
were high due to the inclusion of an exercise in 2017-2018 for fee-paid
Disability Members of the First Tier Tribunal, for which just over 40% of
applicants declared a disability, with a broadly similar rate of appointment. In
addition, in 2018 for the key feeder role of Recorder 6% of applicants declared
a disability, with 7% of appointees having a disability.

134 Data on social mobility in the eligible pool was not available.
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