Launch date: 25 July 2019, 13:00
Closing date: 8 August 2019, 13:00
Number of vacancies: 2
Salary: £151,497
Location: Teesside and Cardiff
The JAC has been asked to identify two candidates to recommend for the post of Senior Circuit Judge, Resident Judge, Teesside, and Senior Circuit Judge, Resident Judge, Cardiff, Newport and Merthyr Tydfil Crown Courts (Recorder of Cardiff).
Who can apply
This exercise is open to:
- Circuit Judges
- Solicitors and Barristers in England and Wales with at least 7 years post qualification legal experience
- Recorders and
- those who have held, as a full-time appointment for at least 3 years, one of the offices listed in Part 1A of Schedule 2 to the Courts Act 1971
Additional selection criteria
Candidates are expected to have previous judicial experience, sitting as a judge in a salaried or fee-paid capacity or a similar role such as the chair of an equivalent body for which a legal qualification is required.
The length of judicial experience required is a minimum of 30 completed sitting days since appointment, not including training or sick days.
Candidates for posts in Wales need to have an understanding, or the ability to acquire the understanding, of the administration of justice in Wales, including legislation applicable to Wales and Welsh devolution arrangements.
About the role
Every Crown Court has a Resident Judge, responsible for leading the judiciary at the court and for ensuring the efficient and effective discharge of judicial business.
Through the Presiding Judges on Circuit, Resident Judges assist the Lord Chief Justice in discharging his overall responsibility for representing the views of the judiciary; for maintaining appropriate arrangements for the welfare, training and guidance of the judiciary; and for maintaining arrangements for the deployment of the judiciary and the allocation of work within the courts.
Resident Judges are responsible for ensuring effective case management within the court centre as well as managing their own cases and caseload. This includes working with other judges at the court centre to ensure that work is done in accordance with current guidelines and good practice, and action is taken to improve performance to enable the court to discharge its business promptly and effectively.
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