Lay Magistrates

Lay Magistrates are people who are not legally qualified, in the decision-making process in our courts. There are about 29,000 lay magistrates sitting as part-time judges in the Magistrates Court; another name for lay magistrates is Justices of the Peace. They sit to hear cases as a bench of two or three magistrates.

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1. What is the age range of Lay Magistrates?

  • 17-65
  • 18-65
  • 18-70
  • 17-70
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2. Who cannot sit as a Lay Magistrate?

  • a member of the forces
  • if you have the six key qualites
  • if you have loads of money
  • if you have no serious criminal conviction

3. How many stages are there of the interview process?

  • five
  • four
  • two
  • three
  • one

4. What does JSB stand for?

  • Justice Serious Board
  • Justice Studies Board
  • Judical Studes Board
  • Just sense boredom

5. Does LAC stand for Local Advisery Committee?

  • True
  • False
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Salma Ali

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Sabina :) great quiz but you spelt studies wrong in question four

Tegan Bernard

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The age range is 18-65? Jurors age range is 18-70.

Ashley

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great quiz, i got 81%, some of the questions confused me though.

zara foster

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you could actually argue that a disadvantage of a lay magistrate is that they rely on the legal advisor for all points of law 

Joel

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Tegan the age range is 18-70 for magistrates but you can only apply to be one until you are 65 

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