The views of supreme court justice Jonathan Sumption exemplify what is wrong with the way women are viewed within the legal profession, according to the barrister Charlotte Proudman. In an article for the Guardian, Proudman – who faced a recent backlash after publishing her response to a comment made about her appearance by a solicitor - criticised Lord Sumption over an interview in which he said that pushing through equal representation for women at the top of the legal profession could result in “appalling consequences” for the quality of British justice. “The supreme court jus