Having spent more years in the legal profession than I care to remember, I can confirm that there are some radical lawyers and sets of chambers, who could probably be called left wing at a push. Less so now though with the almost total demolition of legal aid.
They usually came in to existence with the idea of giving the ordinary person a fair chance in a legal fight, especially against the might of the state. eg Human Rights, clinical negligence, welfare, housing and immigration work.
But to call judges lefty is just part of this vicious governments' tool kit to smear any one who doesn't play ball, in their jaundiced world view.
I felt absolute shock to see that front page headline in the "Daily Hate" calling 3 judges " enemies of the people" along with with attempts to demolish them personally.
I had never before seen such a headline. Of course, no protest from the then justice secretary (hollow laughter) Liz Truss. And of course it was just a taste of what was on the way.
Judges quite frankly are the establishment.
For the first time since university, I actually saw in real time, when the Supreme Court struck down the pro roguing of parliament, how very important it is in a properly functioning democracy that the juduciary is able and willing to strike down illegal acts committed by an " over weening executive"