"Widen the pool and we increase the choices available to us in selecting and retaining, the best .... The aim of the Chancery Bar is to attract and to retain people of the highest quality; that is, excellence.  It is upon that excellence that public confidence in the Chancery Bar, and the services it provides, can properly and justifiably be built and maintained.  Diversity is the means to maintain and enhance that excellence.  The key is equality of opportunity: the removal of barriers irrelevant to the ability of people to practice at the Chancery Bar and to perform the services required is essential."    

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