Magistrates
- Created by: Dominic Hayward
- Created on: 14-12-13 10:31
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- Magistrates (JP's)
- General info
- 3 magistrates- 2 wingers and a chair (the chair can speak aloud in court)
- deal with 96% of cases to completion
- A district judge may sit instead of JP's.
- 30,000 lay magistrates
- Unpaid with no qualifications
- Maximum sentence 6 months
- Training
- Supervised by the judicial studies board-create syllabus
- Actually carried out by the legal advisor
- Initial training. Basic introduction to roles. Go to a prison, Y.O.I, probation and see court.
- Mentoring. 6 sessions where days events are discussed
- Core stages. Develop key skills and knowledge
- Consolidation training-builds on training to help magistrates (2 days)
- First Appraisal- Identify further training and development
- Consolidation training-builds on training to help magistrates (2 days)
- Core stages. Develop key skills and knowledge
- Mentoring. 6 sessions where days events are discussed
- Lord Chancellor can remove a magistrate under criminal justice Act 2003. He does this if:
- lack of commitment
- poor behavoir
- poor judgement
- Roles
- Hold preliminary cases for all trials
- Chair announces verdict
- Grant search and arrest warrents
- Grant extensions of custody
- In Crown Court for appeals
- Grant Bail
- Qualifications
- Age 18-65 (65 for applying, but at 70 you must stop)
- Must have good hearing, speak English and not have have mental health issues
- Must be near work or hometown location
- 6 personal qualities:
- Sound Temperament-calm
- Social awareness-understand others predicaments
- Sound Judgement-Fairness
- Understanding and Communication-understand law/slang
- Commitment and reliability-turn up when supposed to
- Good character-calm, confident, sensitive
- Must take the Oath of Allegiance
- Exclusions-these groups of people are unable to become a magistrate
- Police Officers
- Asylum Seekers
- MP's
- Bankrupt
- People with criminal convictions
- Members of the forces
- Must sit for 26 half days
- Selection and Appointment
- Stage 1 Vacancies- found from the local paper etc
- Stage 2 Application form-Includes questions on age, 6 characteristics, health and location
- Stage 3 First Interview-by the advisor committee
- Stage 4 Second Interview-Discuss magistrates and background checks are done. Recommendation passed onto Lord Chancellor and appointed by seceratary of state.
- Stage 3 First Interview-by the advisor committee
- Stage 2 Application form-Includes questions on age, 6 characteristics, health and location
- Stage 1 Vacancies- found from the local paper etc
- General info
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