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Discuss The Advantages & Disadvantages of The Use of Lay Magistrates This essay will explore the importance of lay magistrates in the English Legal System. It will explain and justify the advantages and disadvantages of the use of lay magistrates. Lay magistrates, also known as Justices of the Peace (JP's). They are ordinary people who are trained to be judicial officers with limited authority to administer and enforce the law in magistrates' courts. They are not legally qualified and undertake the work of a magistrate out of the sense of citizenship, as they are not paid to become a lay magistrate and work on behalf of the government. There are approximately 30,000 lay magistrates across the country and they sit as benches of three. As the magistrate's court hears summary and hybrid offences, lay magistrates never make a decision on their own. They are appointed by the Lord Chancellor on the information regarding different...

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