the judiciary

Question 1

What are inferior judges

Answer 1

Judges who sit in crown, county and magistrates courts and tribunals

Question 2

Circuit judge

Answer 2

Crown court, hear criminal trials and decide law and sentence

Question 3

Recorders

Answer 3

Crown court, part time judges usually still practicing solicitors or barristers, hear criminal trials and decide law and sentence

Question 4

District judge

Answer 4

Magistrates court, try criminal cases and sit alone, decide facts and law, sentence if guilty

Question 5

What are superior judges

Answer 5

Judges who sit in the Supreme Court, court of appeal and high court

Question 6

Justices of the Supreme Court

Answer 6

Most senior judges in the UK, sit in Supreme Court and privy council, hear points of law of great importance, any decision they make becomes precedent, sit as an uneven panel usually 5

Question 7

Lord chief justice

Answer 7

Role created by constitutional reform act 2005, currently LORD BURNETT, president of court of appeal, high, crown, county and magistrates court so can hear cases in any, represents the judiciary to parliament and gov ministers, responsible for training and welfare of judiciary

Question 8

Lord justices of appeal

Answer 8

Court of appeal, hear appeals as a panel of 3, 1800 criminal appeals, decisions on point of law become precedent

Question 9

High court judges

Answer 9

High and crown court, in KBD and hear criminal appeals from magistrates as a panel of 2, hear criminal trials in crown court and decide on law and sentence