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| Question | Answer |
| WHAT ARE THE JUDGES WHO SIT IN THE SUPREME COURT CALLED? | JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT |
| LORD JUSTICES OF APPEAL SIT IN WHICH COURT? | COURT OF APPEAL |
| WHERE DO CIRCUIT JUDGES SIT? | CROWN AND COUNTY COURTS |
| DO RECORDERS SIT FULL TIME OR PART TIME? | PART TIME |
| FOR HOW LONG MUST A PERSON HAVE BEEN QUALIFIED TO APPEAR IN THE SENIOR COURTS BEFORE THEY CAN APPLY TO BE A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT? | 15 YEARS |
| WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BECOMING A COURT OF APPEAL JUDGE? | BARRISTER/SOLICITOR EXPERIENCE IN LAW FOR 7 YEARS OR BEEN A HIGH COURT JUDGE |
| IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE FIRST SOLICITOR APPOINTED AS A COURT OF APPEAL JUDGE? | 2007 |
| THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR BECOMING A HIGH COURT JUDGE ARE: BARRISTER OR SOLICITOR, EXPERIENCE IN LAW FOR 7 YEARS OR TO HAVE BEEN A CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. TRUE OR FALSE? | TRUE |
| PRIOR TO WHICH YEAR COULD ONLY BARRISTERS QUALIFY AS HIGH COURT JUDGES? | 1990 |
| FOR HOW LONG MUST A BARRISTER OR SOLICITOR HAVE EXPERIENCE IN LAW BEFORE APPLYING TO BECOME A CIRCUIT JUDGE? | 7 YEARS |
| IF YOU ARE A RECORDER, DISTRICT JUDGE OR TRIBUNAL JUDGE, CAN YOU APPLY TO BE A CIRCUIT JUDGE? | YES |
| WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CIRCUIT JUDGES USED TO BE SOLICITORS? | 18% |
| FOR HOW MANY DAYS A YEAR DOES A RECORDER SIT? | 20 DAYS |
| FOR HOW MANY YEARS CAN YOU BE A RECORDER? | 5 YEARS |
| TO BECOME A DISTRICT JUDGE HOW MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN LAW MUST A BARRISTER OR SOLICITOR HAVE? | 5 YEARS |
| THE TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007 ALLOWS FOR WHO TO APPLY TO BECOME DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGES? | ILEX FELLOWS |
| WHICH ACT CHANGED THE METHOD OF APPOINTMENT FOR JUDGES? | THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ACT 2005 |
| WHICH COMMISSION WAS SET UP BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ACT 2005? | THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION |
| WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION? | 6 LAY MEMBERS 3 COURT OF APPEAL JUDGES OR 1 HIGH COURT, 1 CIRCUIT JUDGE AND 1 DISTRICT JUDGE 1 BARRISTER 1 SOLICITOR 1 MAGISTRATE 1 TRIBUNAL MEMBER |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION WHICH DEALS WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF A SUPREME COURT JUDGE? | THE SUPREME COURT SELECTION COMMISSION |
| UNDER WHICH SECTION OF WHICH ACT DOES THE LORD CHANCELLOR HAVE THE POWER TO REJECT A JUDICIAL CANDIDATE OR ASK THE COMMISSION TO RECONSIDER? | s29 CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ACT 2005 |
| IN 2006 OUT OF THE 129 APPLICANTS FOR HIGH COURT JUDGE POSITIONS, HOW MANY WERE WOMEN, AND HOW MANY WERE ETHNIC MINORITIES? | 18, AND 0 |
| IN 2010 OUT OF THE 90 APPLICANTS FOR HIGH COURT JUDGE POSITIONS, HOW MANY WERE WOMEN, AND HOW MANY WERE ETHNIC MINORITIES? | 15 AND 6 |
| APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY CASES PER YEAR DO SUPREME COURT JUDGES HEAR? | 70 |
| JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT MUST ALWAYS SIT AS AN EVEN NUMBER. TRUE OR FALSE? | FALSE- THEY MUST ALWAYS SIT AS AN ODD NUMBER |
| HOW MANY JUDGES IN TOTAL SIT IN THE COURT OF APPEAL? | 38 |
| THE CRIMINAL DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEAL WILL DEAL WITH HOW MANY APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL? | APPROX 7,000 |
| HOW MANY CRIMINAL APPEALS DO THE LORDS JUSTICES OF APPEAL HEAR EACH YEAR? | 1,600 |
| USUALLY, ABOUT 1,000 CIVIL APPEALS ARE HEARD IN THE CIVIL DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEAL. TRUE OR FALSE? | TRUE |
| HOW MANY COURT OF APPEAL JUDGES USUALLY SIT TO HEAR AN APPEAL? | THREE |
| AN APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL, IN THE COURT OF APPEAL, IS DEALT WITH BY HOW MANY JUDGES? | ONE |
| HOW MANY HIGH COURT JUDGES SIT IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION? | 73 |
| THERE ARE 18 HIGH COURT JUDGES SITTING IN THE CHANCERY DIVISION. TRUE OR FALSE? | TRUE |
| HOW MANY HIGH COURT JUDGES ARE THERE IN THE FAMILY DIVISION? | 19 |
| DO HIGH COURT JUDGES HEAR CASES AT FIRST INSTANCE, AS WELL AS APPEALS? | YES |
| HOW MANY CIRCUIT JUDGES ARE THERE? | OVER 600 |
| THERE ARE OVER 400 DISTRICT JUDGES. TRUE OR FALSE? | TRUE |
| WHICH ORGANISATION DEALS WITH THE TRAINING OF JUDGES? | THE JUDICIAL STUDIES BOARD |
| CAN SUPERIOR JUDGES BE DISMISSED BY THE GOVERNMENT? | NO |
| WHICH ACTS GIVE THE SUPERIOR JUDGES SECURITY OF TENURE? | SENIOR COURTS ACT 1981 FOR HIGH COURT AND COURT OF APPEAL CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ACT 2005 FOR SUPREME COURT |
| THE LORD CHANCELLOR, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE CAN DISMISS INFERIOR JUDGES FOR WHAT TWO REASONS? | INCAPACITY MISBEHAVIOUR |
| GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A CIRCUIT JUDGE WHO WAS DISMISSED | BRUCE CAMPBELL- HE WAS CONVICTED FOR EVADING CUSTOMS DUTY ON CIGARETTES AND WHISKEY |
| UNDER THE JUDICIAL PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT ACT 1993 WHAT IS THE RETIREMENT AGE FOR JUDGES? ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS? | 70, BUT AUTHORISATION CAN BE GIVEN TO SUPERIOR JUDGES TO WORK UNTIL 75 |
| IN 2013 HOW MANY FEMALE JUDGES WERE THERE IN THE HIGH COURT? | 17 |
| WHEN DID THE FIRST ALL FEMALE COURT OF APPEAL PANEL SIT? | FEBRUARY 2001 |
| IN 2012 WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CIRCUIT JUDGES WERE FEMALE? | 16% |
| WHAT PERCENTAGE OF DISTRICT JUDGES ARE FEMALE? | 33% |
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