THE JUDICIARY

WHAT ARE THE JUDGES WHO SIT IN THE SUPREME COURT CALLED?

LORD JUSTICES OF APPEAL SIT IN WHICH COURT?

WHERE DO CIRCUIT JUDGES SIT?

DO RECORDERS SIT FULL TIME OR 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?

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BECOMING A COURT OF APPEAL JUDGE?

IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE FIRST SOLICITOR APPOINTED AS A COURT OF APPEAL JUDGE?

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?

PRIOR TO WHICH YEAR COULD ONLY BARRISTERS QUALIFY AS HIGH COURT JUDGES?

FOR HOW LONG MUST A BARRISTER OR SOLICITOR HAVE EXPERIENCE IN LAW BEFORE APPLYING TO BECOME A CIRCUIT JUDGE?

IF YOU ARE A RECORDER, DISTRICT JUDGE OR TRIBUNAL JUDGE, CAN YOU APPLY TO BE A CIRCUIT JUDGE?

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CIRCUIT JUDGES USED TO BE SOLICITORS?

FOR HOW MANY DAYS A YEAR DOES A RECORDER SIT?

FOR HOW MANY YEARS CAN YOU BE A RECORDER?

TO BECOME A DISTRICT JUDGE HOW MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN LAW MUST A BARRISTER OR SOLICITOR HAVE?

THE TRIBUNALS, COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACT 2007 ALLOWS FOR WHO TO APPLY TO BECOME DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGES?

WHICH ACT CHANGED THE METHOD OF APPOINTMENT FOR JUDGES?

WHICH COMMISSION WAS SET UP BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ACT 2005?

WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION?

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION WHICH DEALS WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF A SUPREME COURT JUDGE?

UNDER WHICH SECTION OF WHICH ACT DOES THE LORD CHANCELLOR HAVE THE POWER TO REJECT A JUDICIAL CANDIDATE OR ASK THE COMMISSION TO RECONSIDER?

IN 2006 OUT OF THE 129 APPLICANTS FOR HIGH COURT JUDGE POSITIONS, HOW MANY WERE WOMEN, AND HOW MANY WERE ETHNIC MINORITIES?

IN 2010 OUT OF THE 90 APPLICANTS FOR HIGH COURT JUDGE POSITIONS, HOW MANY WERE WOMEN, AND HOW MANY WERE ETHNIC MINORITIES?

APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY CASES PER YEAR DO SUPREME COURT JUDGES HEAR?

JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT MUST ALWAYS SIT AS AN EVEN NUMBER. TRUE OR FALSE?

HOW MANY JUDGES IN TOTAL SIT IN THE COURT OF APPEAL?

THE CRIMINAL DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEAL WILL DEAL WITH HOW MANY APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL?

HOW MANY CRIMINAL APPEALS DO THE LORDS JUSTICES OF APPEAL HEAR EACH YEAR?

USUALLY, ABOUT 1,000 CIVIL APPEALS ARE HEARD IN THE CIVIL DIVISION OF THE COURT OF APPEAL. TRUE OR FALSE?

HOW MANY COURT OF APPEAL JUDGES USUALLY SIT TO HEAR AN APPEAL?

AN APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL, IN THE COURT OF APPEAL, IS DEALT WITH BY HOW MANY JUDGES?

HOW MANY HIGH COURT JUDGES SIT IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION?

THERE ARE 18 HIGH COURT JUDGES SITTING IN THE CHANCERY DIVISION. TRUE OR FALSE?

HOW MANY HIGH COURT JUDGES ARE THERE IN THE FAMILY DIVISION?

DO HIGH COURT JUDGES HEAR CASES AT FIRST INSTANCE, AS WELL AS APPEALS?

HOW MANY CIRCUIT JUDGES ARE THERE?

THERE ARE OVER 400 DISTRICT JUDGES. TRUE OR FALSE?

WHICH ORGANISATION DEALS WITH THE TRAINING OF JUDGES?

CAN SUPERIOR JUDGES BE DISMISSED BY THE GOVERNMENT?

WHICH ACTS GIVE THE SUPERIOR JUDGES SECURITY OF TENURE?

THE LORD CHANCELLOR, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE CAN DISMISS INFERIOR JUDGES FOR WHAT TWO REASONS?

GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A CIRCUIT JUDGE WHO WAS DISMISSED

UNDER THE JUDICIAL PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT ACT 1993 WHAT IS THE RETIREMENT AGE FOR JUDGES? ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS?

IN 2013 HOW MANY FEMALE JUDGES WERE THERE IN THE HIGH COURT?

WHEN DID THE FIRST ALL FEMALE COURT OF APPEAL PANEL SIT?

IN 2012 WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CIRCUIT JUDGES WERE FEMALE?

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF DISTRICT JUDGES ARE FEMALE?