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2(a) Describe the system of appointing and training Lay Magistrates. Lay Magistrates are individuals who are not legally qualified but receive training to hear certain cases in the United Kingdom judicial system. These include summary and triable either way offences as well as referrals of indictable offences to the Crown Court. Also a Magistrates' Court may deal with liquor licence applications and the issuing of arrest warrants and bail conditions as well as youth and family cases. Lay Magistrates who hear youth and family cases must receive special training as detailed later in this essay. The first Lay Magistrates appeared in 1361 under the traditional name of 'Justices of the Peace'. Since then, they have played an increasingly major role in the judicial system within the United Kingdom. Lay Magistrates have powers to impose a sentence of up to six months' imprisonment and they can also enforce community penalties, compensation and fines....

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