Deck 7: The Judiciary and Their Appointment

Question 1

How many members of the Supreme Court are there?

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

Answer 1

C

Question 2

How is a circuit judge normally addressed in court?

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Who is the head of the judiciary?

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

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following judges sit part-time?

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

Question 5

How many female Justices of the Supreme Court are there?

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

Question 6

Who is the Head of Civil Justice?

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

Circuit judges wear a ___ coloured robe.

Question 10

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

Question 11

What is the maximum age for appointment as a magistrate?

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

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

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.