Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Legal Personnel
- barristers
- cross examine witnesses
- 4 inns of court
- middle temple
- greys
- Lincoln
- inner temple
- rights of audience
- self employed, operate cab rank rule
- become QC after 10 years by taking silk
- talk with solicitor about case
- regulated by bar standards board
- represented by council of the bar
- solicitors
- represented by the law society
- regulated by solicitors regulation authority
- usually employed by a firm
- advise clients
- brief barristers on cases
- speak to general public/schools
- limited advocacy
- legal executive
- regulated and represented by CILEX
- assistants in solicitors firms
- no need for law degree
- usually specialists in areas such as medical negligence
- draft wills, property transfers
- judiciary
- how is remains independent
- security from tenure, can only be removed by fixed
procedures set out in law, can't be scrutinised in
parliament, serve until 70, can't be removed by gov due to policies
- immunity from suit
- can't be subjected to any civil claims
for anything said/done whilst
serving in their judging capacity (Sirros v Moore)
- complaints can still be
processed where relevant
- independence from other arms
- free from influence of gov to make pro
gov decisions or go against a party
with conflicting views, pressure groups, media,other judges
- lord denning didn't conform to other
judges norms and legal pressure
- independence from case
- must be free from pressure to
ensure impartiality of case
- separation of powers:
executive,legislative,judiciary
- advantages
- independent from case, decisions of judges and jury are
made based on facts/evidence rather than outside influence
- better gender and ethnic
representation
- salary not decided by gov
- appointed by JAC not gov
- multiple appeal processes available, public can
complain investigated by senior member of judiciary
- disadvantages
- narrow social background
- inconsistencies with sentencing in lower courts
- poor gender and ethnic representation
- very expensive, circuit judge
in 2020 earned £143,000