Talk:Magistrate (England and Wales)

Advantages/Disadvantages
I feel that the Advantages/Disadvantages section in its present form lacks neutrality, and that it would be better to entitle it "Evaluation", state that there have been a number of research papers and reviews of magistrates' courts in the last 20 years, and then list those researches/reviews with their findings under separate headings.Shaibalahmar (talk) 07:11, 7 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree How about we use the headings 'Benefits of the use of lay magistrates' and 'Criticisms of the use of lay magistrates'. What do you think? -- I nExcelsis Deo Talk 07:35, 7 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I still think use of the words "benefits" and "criticisms" is judgemental and not necessarily supported by the research findings. Some of the "Disadvantages/Criticisms" are qualified so it could be argued that they should also come under "Advantages/Benefits". I suggest:

Evaluation/Reviews of Magistrates' Courts (and so on, in chronological order).
 * The Judiciary in the Magistrates' Court (2000) - state review findings and recommendations etc.
 * Auld Report - ditto -
 * Justice for All - ditto -

I did something similar for Magistrates' Courts' Committees Shaibalahmar (talk) 08:00, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

I have now changed the article to remove the "Advantages/ Disadvantages" headings and replaced them with a single section, "Evaluations of the role of magistrates". It doesn't go as far as I originally suggested but maybe a reasonable compromise.Shaibalahmar (talk) 17:09, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Appointment
A few years ago a colleague of mine who was a magistrate told me that in Lancashire the JPs are appointed by the Queen in her position of Duke of Lancaster, not as monarch. Can anyone confirm or deny? And a vague twitch in the depths of my memory says that in Cornwall, similarly, they are appointed by the Duke of COrnwall --Yendor1958 (talk) 07:03, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

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Training of magistrates, possible error.
The section currently begins with "s 19 (3) of the Courts Act 2003[51] places a statutory obligation on the Lord Chancellor to provide training and training materials to magistrates." but, upon following the link, it appears that this has been switched to the Lord High Justice by a later law. I'm not confident enough in my reading of this (UK law is not something I'm familiar with) to make the change myself, so I'm making this note, hoping that an expert might more easily notice it and check it out. 99.51.77.52 (talk) 03:10, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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