Upcoming Exercises

Salaried Legal Roles

Senior Circuit Judge - Resident Judge in Teeside and Resident Judge in 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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Non-Legal Roles

Fee-Paid (Specialist Information Rights) Member of the Upper Tribunal, Administrative Appeals Chamber and the First-tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber (Information Rights)

Applications open: 15 August 2019, 13:00
Closing date: 5 September 2019, 13:00
Number of vacancies: 10
Fee: £290.80 a day
Locations: UK-wide

The JAC has been asked to identify 10 candidates suitable for immediate selection as Fee-paid (Specialist Information Rights) Members of the Upper Tribunal assigned to the Administrative Appeals Chamber and First-tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber (Information Rights).
 

About the role

Fee-paid non-legal members sit with a First-tier Tribunal Judge to determine appeals from decisions of the Information Commissioner made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and Data Protection Act 2018/GDPR. The cases may concern access to information by a member of the public, or enforcement action taken by the Information Commissioner.

Non-legal members bring an important lay perspective to hearings, but are expected to have a sound professional knowledge of at least one of the main legislative areas. Professional experience of modern data handling including data analytics would be an advantage.

Non-legal members are expected to own their own laptops, suitable for use with an e-judiciary account. They are expected to have access to stable wi-fi in a quiet location to enable them to hold Skype conferences with colleagues or to participate in e-learning.  

Hearings are listed regionally, although the majority are held in London. Some hearings take place by video conference or by determination on the papers. 

Whilst the appointment is to the Upper Tribunal, the majority of sittings anticipated for this role are in the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal with the occasional opportunity to sit on appeals in the Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal.

Fee-paid members can expect to dedicate approximately 30 days a year to tribunal business (including a minimum of 15 sitting days).

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Fee-paid Professional Member of the First-tier Tribunal, Property Chamber

The First-tier Tribunal, Property Chamber requires people with substantial experience in relation to housing or housing conditions and/or matters relating to landlord and tenant relationships who can contribute to, and take an active role in hearings, by using their specialist knowledge and expertise as Professional Members of the tribunal.
 

Who can apply?

To apply, you must be a member of one of the following associations:

First-tier Tribunal, Property Chamber, Residential Property

The First-tier Tribunal, Property Chamber, Residential Property handles applications, appeals and references about disputes over property and land. The types of cases dealt with by professional members can include:

• disputes about residential leasehold management, including the pay-ability of service charges
• disputes about the right to buy where a property is considered to be particularly suitable for the elderly
• disputes about park homes
• appeals against local authority notices about the condition of a property and appeals about houses in multiple occupation
• appeals against financial penalties imposed for housing offences or in respect of prohibited payments.

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