Question 1

The Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission is a lay person (i.e. someone who is not a judge nor a lawyer).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Which of the following judges sit part-time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Recorder of London 
B)  District Judge (Criminal) 
C)  Circuit Judge 
D)  Recorder 
A)  Recorder of London 
B)  District Judge (Criminal) 
C)  Circuit Judge 
D)  Recorder D

Question 3

How is a circuit judge normally addressed in court?

Accepted Answer

A)  Judge 
B)  My Lord 
C)  Your Honour 
D)  Your Worship 
A)  Judge 
B)  My Lord 
C)  Your Honour 
D)  Your Worship C

Question 4

How many female Justices of the Supreme Court are there?

Accepted Answer

A)  0 
B)  1 
C)  2 
D)  3 
A)  0 
B)  1 
C)  2 
D)  3

Question 5

Who is the head of the judiciary?

Accepted Answer

A)  Attorney-General 
B)  Lord Chancellor 
C)  Lord Chief Justice 
D)  Senior Law Lord 
A)  Attorney-General 
B)  Lord Chancellor 
C)  Lord Chief Justice 
D)  Senior Law Lord

Question 6

How many members of the Supreme Court are there?

Accepted Answer

A)  8 
B)  10 
C)  12 
D)  14 
A)  8 
B)  10 
C)  12 
D)  14

Question 7

The collective noun for lay magistrates is a Bench of Magistrates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What 'rank' of judge is the Senior President of Tribunals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Justice of the Supreme Court 
B)  Lord Justice of Appeal 
C)  Puisne Judge 
D)  Circuit Judge 
A)  Justice of the Supreme Court 
B)  Lord Justice of Appeal 
C)  Puisne Judge 
D)  Circuit Judge

Question 9

What is the maximum age for appointment as a magistrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  45 
B)  50 
C)  60 
D)  65 
A)  45 
B)  50 
C)  60 
D)  65

Question 10

Who is the Head of Civil Justice?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lord Chief Justice 
B)  Master of the Rolls 
C)  Chancellor the High Court 
D)  Senior Puisne Judge 
A)  Lord Chief Justice 
B)  Master of the Rolls 
C)  Chancellor the High Court 
D)  Senior Puisne Judge

Question 11

A District Judge (Magistrates' Court) will ordinarily sit as chair with two lay magistrates' assisting him. A legally-qualified clerk need not sit with them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Circuit judges wear a ___ coloured robe.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Circuit judges wear a ___ coloured robe....

Question 13

What is the minimum number of times a magistrate should sit annually?

Accepted Answer

A)  13 half-days 
B)  26 half-days 
C)  31 days 
D)  62 days 
A)  13 half-days 
B)  26 half-days 
C)  31 days 
D)  62 days

The Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission is a lay person (i.e. someone who is not a judge nor a lawyer).

Which of the following judges sit part-time?

How is a circuit judge normally addressed in court?

How many female Justices of the Supreme Court are there?

Who is the head of the judiciary?

How many members of the Supreme Court are there?

The collective noun for lay magistrates is a Bench of Magistrates.

What 'rank' of judge is the Senior President of Tribunals?

What is the maximum age for appointment as a magistrate?

Who is the Head of Civil Justice?

A District Judge (Magistrates' Court) will ordinarily sit as chair with two lay magistrates' assisting him. A legally-qualified clerk need not sit with them.

Circuit judges wear a ___ coloured robe.

What is the minimum number of times a magistrate should sit annually?

Domestic Sources of Law: Parliamentary Material

Domestic Sources of Law: Case Law

International Sources of Law

Human Rights Act 1998

The Structure of the Courts

The Structure of the Tribunals

Judicial Independence

The Legal Professions

The Investigation of Crime

Pre-Trial Matters

Lay Justice

Those in Court

The Trials

Criminal Appeals

Funding Civil Litigation

Civil Litigation

Remedies and Appeals

Filters

Exam 7: The Judiciary and Their Appointment

The Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission is a lay person (i.e. someone who is not a judge nor a lawyer).

Which of the following judges sit part-time?

How is a circuit judge normally addressed in court?

How many female Justices of the Supreme Court are there?

Who is the head of the judiciary?

How many members of the Supreme Court are there?

The collective noun for lay magistrates is a Bench of Magistrates.

What 'rank' of judge is the Senior President of Tribunals?

What is the maximum age for appointment as a magistrate?

Who is the Head of Civil Justice?

A District Judge (Magistrates' Court) will ordinarily sit as chair with two lay magistrates' assisting him. A legally-qualified clerk need not sit with them.

Circuit judges wear a ___ coloured robe.

What is the minimum number of times a magistrate should sit annually?

Domestic Sources of Law: Parliamentary Material

Domestic Sources of Law: Case Law

International Sources of Law

Human Rights Act 1998

The Structure of the Courts

The Structure of the Tribunals

Judicial Independence

The Legal Professions

The Investigation of Crime

Pre-Trial Matters

Lay Justice

Those in Court

The Trials

Criminal Appeals

Funding Civil Litigation

Civil Litigation

Remedies and Appeals

Filters