Magistrates
- Created by: amberjedxo
- Created on: 31-05-18 12:10
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- Magistrates
- Requirements
- Disclosure of convictions and civil orders
- Set personal qualities
- Sound temperament
- Committed
- Sound judgement
- Social Awareness
- Take oath of allegiance
- Advantages
- Low Cost- Magistrates only get paid for expenses
- Local Knowledge- sit in their local courts and therefore have an awareness of local issues
- Representative- Much more diverse than judges. Therefore minority views are represented
- Disadvantages
- Reliant on the legal clerk- They need to be advised so why not just use legal experts?
- Case Hardened- have seen most cases and are therefore less sympathetic to individuals
- Prosecution Bias- Are more likely to believe the prosecution automatically
- Unrepresentative- Mostly just middle class, middle aged white men
- Training
- Basic intro to rule delivered by Justices Clerk
- Court Observations
- Prison Visits
- After 1 year- 1st appraisal and 2 days of consolidation training
- Basic intro to rule delivered by Justices Clerk
- Requirements
- Selection and Appointment
- Application
- Invitation to 1st interview
- Second Interview- background checks
- Decision sent to Lord Chancellor for approval
- Lord Chancellor appoints on behalf of the crown
- Decision sent to Lord Chancellor for approval
- Second Interview- background checks
- Invitation to 1st interview
- Application
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