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Essay on Lay Magistrates
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Essay on Lay Magistrates (a). There are over 30,000 lay magistrates who are also known as Justices of the Peace (JP). They deal with the vast majority of cases in the legal system. They work part - time, however they are unqualified and unpaid. They sit in the bench of panel of two and three magistrates, and the use of unqualified judges, is open to criticism. Lay magistrates must be aged between twenty-seven and sixty-five when they are appointed and sit at least half days, twenty-six days a year, and must live fifteen miles of the commission area. They are appointed by local advisory committees, which consists of groups, such as the local political parties, trade unions etc. Their names are put forward and are interviewed by the committee. The candidates who are believed to be suitable are then passed on to the Lord Chancellor, whom then has the final decision....
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