Types of judges and qualification
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- Judges
- Superior judges
- Justices of the supreme court - sit in supreme court
- Lord justices of appeal - sit in court of appeal
- High court judges or puisne - sit in 3 divisions of high court
- Inferior judges
- circuit judges - sit in crown and county court
- Recorders - work part - time in crown court but few may hear cases in county court
- District judges - hear small claims and other matters in county court
- District judges (Magistrates' court) - sit in Magistrates' courts in major towns and cities
- Qualifications
- Justices of the supreme court
- appointed from those who hold high judicial office or qualified in senior courts for at least 15 years
- can also be appointed from those who qualify to appear in courts in Scotland and northern Ireland for at least 15 years
- Lord justices of appeal
- qualified as barrister or solicitor and experience in law for at least 7 years or have been an existing high court judge
- nearly all have been appointed from existing high court jugdes
- not until 2007 that 1st solicitor was appointed and since then has been promoted and sits as a justice of the supreme court
- High court judges
- qualified as barrister or solicitor and experience in law for at least 7 years or have been a circuit judge for at least 2 years
- prior to 1990 only people who had been a barrister for at least 10 years were eligible
- 1st solicitor to become a high court judge was 1993 and 2nd in 2000
- majority of high court judges have been barristers
- Circuit judges
- qualified as barrister or solicitor and experience in law for at least 7 years
- Recorders, district judges or tribunal judges are also eligible
- provisions have widened pool of potential judges and are gradually leading to a better cross - section at this level
- usual route - recorder then promoted to circuit judge (18% are former solicitors
- Recoreders
- part - time post
- qualified as barrister or solicitor and experience in law for at least 7 years
- usually appointed as a recorder in training then after 2/3 years apply to be appointed as recorder
- sits as judge for 20 days a year
- appointment for 5 years - most work in crown court but possible to sit in county court
- District judges
- qualified as barrister or solicitor and experience in law for at least 5 years or have been a deputy district judge
- majority of DJ's in county court are former solicitors
- DJ's in mags need same qualifications
- about 2/3 are former solicitors
- usual to have sat part -time as deputy DJ before being considered for position
- under tribunals, court and enforcement act 2007 ILEX fellows are now eligible to be appointed as deputy DJ's
- Justices of the supreme court
- Superior judges
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