appointment

• Around how many magistrates are appointed each year?

  700
• Since 2013, who were appointments of lay magistrates made by?

  Lord Chief Justice
• The Lord Chief Justice can delegate his powers of appointing magistrates. Who did it delegate it to?

  The Senior Presiding Judge.
• What does the Senior Residing Judge to decide who to appoint?

  Recommendations made by the local advisory committees.
• Who is not eligible to be appointed as a lay magistrate?

  • People with serious criminal convictions.
  • People with undischarged bankrupts.
  • Members of the forces.
  • Those whose work is incompatible with sitting as a magistrate e.g. police officers and traffic wardens.
• Who is not likely to be appointed as a lay magistrate?

  Relatives of those working in the local criminal justice system e.g. the wife/husband of a police officer.