Judges

Question 1

superior judges

Answer 1

-high court and above

Question 2

inferior judges

Answer 2

courts below the High court

Question 3

qualifications

Answer 3

-all judges must have relevant legal qualifications
-experience in law for a certain period
-Court and legal services act 1990
sets out qualifications required

Question 4

Justices of the supreme court

Answer 4

-appointed by those who have High judicial position
-senior courts for at least 15yrs
-100 civil and criminal cases on appeal each yr
-deal with point of law
-uneven panel

Question 5

Lord justices of appeal

Answer 5

-qualified as a barrister or solicitor with experience for 7 yrs
-sit in the court of appeal for appeals on civil and criminal
-panel of 3 or 5
-criminal hears 1800 a year
-civil over 3000

Question 6

high court judge

Answer 6

-barrister or solicitor for at least 7yrs -assigned a division, KBD, family or chancery
-main function to deal with cases at first instance

Question 7

Circuit judge

Answer 7

-7yrs experience as barrister or solicitor, or recorder
- 600 cases per year
- criminal and civil

Question 8

Recorder

Answer 8

-7yrs experience as barrister or solicitor
-work part time
-5 year appointments

Question 9

District

Answer 9

-barrister or solicitor for 5 years

Question 10

Pre constitutional reform act 2005

Answer 10

-secret sounding
-lord chancellor appointed judges based of others opinions
-was politically based so not independent

Question 11

Post constitutional reform act 2005

Answer 11

-recruitment now done by judicial appointments commission
-15 member mixed panel
-jobs now advertised
-completely independent
-lord chancellor has minor involve,ent

Question 12

Selection

Answer 12

-interviews access attitudes
-JAC look for 5 qualities
-fair and understand
-personal quality
-efficiency
-authority
-intellectual capability

Question 13

Successful candidates

Answer 13

-invited to selection day
-Crime and courts act 2003, lord chancellor no longer has power to prevent appointments of inferior judges
-king will officially appoint

Question 14

Training for superior judges

Answer 14

-conducted by judicial college
-superior judges this is voluntary
-one day courses update judges on major changes
Human Rights Act 1998

Question 15

training for inferior judges

Answer 15

-conducted by judicial college
-inferior training compulsory
-one week course about criminal and human awareness
-another week shadowing a judge

Question 16

Criminal role for first instance

Answer 16

-decide question of law
-manage court room
-mag court decide verdict and sentence , bail
-crown court sum up for jury and sentence if needed
-ensure human rights are upheld

Question 17

Civil role for first instance

Answer 17

-decide which track most appropriate
-preliminary hearings
-case management
-small claims help party
-decide verdict and award
-questions of law

Question 18

Judicial independence

Answer 18

S3 constitutional reform act 2005
-free from influence of parliament
-free from influence of government
Prorogation of parliament 2019
-s4 human rights act 1998, judges can declare uk law incompatible

Question 19

Retirement

Answer 19

-retire at 75
-security of tenure, cant be removed just because parliament don’t like
-can be dismissed under judicial conduct investigation office