Magistrates
- Created by: AmyCoo15
- Created on: 09-05-16 20:07
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- Magistrates
- Description
- 29000
- Unpaid
- 1600 new each year
- Unpaid
- 29000
- Selection
- Advert in local paper
- Must live or work locally
- Application form
- First interview with local advisory committee
- Second interview particle examples discussed
- Must reflect the local community they represent
- Second interview particle examples discussed
- First interview with local advisory committee
- Application form
- Must live or work locally
- Advert in local paper
- Qualifications
- 26 half days a year
- 18-65 years old
- Good character, communication, social awareness, maturity, sound judgement, commitment
- Willingness to take an oath
- Must disclose all criminal convictions
- Willingness to take an oath
- Good character, communication, social awareness, maturity, sound judgement, commitment
- 18-65 years old
- 26 half days a year
- Training
- Supervised by judicial study boards
- Carried out by clerk
- Based on competences
- Managing
- Making judicial decisions
- Team work
- Based on competences
- Carried out by clerk
- Supervised by judicial study boards
- Role
- Hear bail applications
- Serious cases
- Crown court
- Youth cases
- Sign police warrants
- Summary offences
- Advantages
- Local knowledge
- Cost
- Represents population
- Public confidence
- Disadvantages
- Unrepresentative of society
- Inconsistent sentencing
- Cases harden and biased
- Description
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