Judge ‘asked woman’s favourite sex position’

A JUDGE asked a trainee barrister her favourite sex position and invited her for a ‘night cap’, a report on sexual harassment at the Bar has revealed.

It highlights ‘sorry examples’ of sexism in the industry for young women. One woman recalled: ‘A circuit judge asked me if I was too old for him and then asked me what my favourite sex position was.

‘I was also asked if I’d join him for a “night cap”. I... had not even embarked on my career. It was horrible.’ In the article for Counsel magazine, it is claimed a woman walked in to discuss a trial and a male barrister said: ‘What a privilege to have such a shapely prosecutor.’

And as their case was called, a male barrister allegedly told a woman colleague: ‘Don’t worry your pretty head over it, you won’t have to say a word, my dear.’

Targets include ‘younger members of our profession who need the most help to speak out’, it concludes.