Judicial Attitude Survey 2024
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The latest Judicial Attitude Survey is published today (Monday 24 February 2025).
The report contains an Executive Summary. Previous surveys are also available online.
This is the fifth Judicial Attitude Survey. As with previous surveys, it was carried out for the judiciary by the Judicial Institute at UCL. For the first time, the 2024 survey included Coroners in England and Wales. The response rate to the survey has remained very high with 94% of the salaried judiciary and 55% of fee paid judges and members completing it.
The survey provides a comprehensive picture of how the judiciary feels across a range of important issues. The Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, and the Senior President of Tribunals, Sir Keith Lindblom, commented on the results as follows:
“The Judicial Attitude Survey provides a valuable insight into the views and concerns of the judiciary at a particular point in time. This has been the fifth such survey and each iteration grows in the scope and depth of information it provides. We are particularly pleased the survey now covers all salaried, fee paid judges and non-legal members in England and Wales, and in reserved tribunals, as well as the Coroners, and are grateful to Professor Cheryl Thomas for this valuable work.”
Background
The 2024 UK Judicial Attitude Survey was anonymous and voluntary, conducted online by an independent research centre, the Judicial Institute of University College London. The survey was designed, administered and analysed by Professor Cheryl Thomas KC, Director of the UCL Judicial Institute. A Working Group, which included judicial representatives, assisted Professor Thomas in the design of the questionnaire. This is the fifth time in 10 years that the UCL Judicial Institute has conducted the UK Judicial Attitude Survey. In 2024 the survey had a very high response rate, with 94% of salaried judges in the courts, 95% in tribunals and 90% of coroners taking part.
The survey does not cover Magistrates.
Results for Scotland and Northern Ireland are published separately.
The Scottish survey is available to view (external link).
For queries about the Judiciary of Scotland survey please contact judicialofficeforscotland@scotcourts.gov.uk
The Northern Ireland survey is available to view (external link).
For queries about the Judiciary of Northern Ireland survey please contact LCJOffice@judiciaryni.uk
For queries about the England and Wales survey please contact JudicialLeadership@judiciary.uk
For general queries about the UK Judicial Attitude Survey and the UCL Judicial Institute please contact judicialinstitute@ucl.ac.uk