Judicial Appointments and Retirements (Age Limits) Bill (House of Commons) HCB 69

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All percentages are calculated using the proportion of individuals where the characteristic is known. These statistics bring together information about the diversity for the current judiciary in England and Wales, during selection for judicial roles, and in the legal professions which provide the pool of eligible candidates for most judicial posts requiring legal experience (see Figure 1). As the average age of retirement for salaried judicial office holders is 66, assuming that that trend will continue, opportunities for new candidates to apply would continue. Although judicial office holders can have multiple appointments, they are counted on a head count basis and so will only be counted once by their primary appointment.

Barristers can be broken down into King’s Counsel (KC) barristers and junior barristers [footnote 2]. State of Michigan; Michigan Department of State; Bureau of Elections; Ruth Johnson, Secretary of State; Director of Michigan Bureau of Elections," accessed Jan. Judge Julia Kelety, 62, of San Diego County, has been nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed her to the South Eastern Circuit, based at Thames Magistrates’ Court with effect from 11 April 2023. The professional body for barristers is the Bar Council, and the regulatory body is the Bar Standards Board.

The decision cited precedent, finding that society had not changed significantly enough in the intervening time to justify overturning it. He was a director of the International Insolvency Institute from 2015 to 2019 and co-chair of its Judicial Committee from 2012 to 2019.

An increased MRA may allow people from underrepresented groups sufficient time to gain the experience needed to apply for judicial office, including later in life and to serve for longer once in post. Sarah Sandford-Smith, of Alameda County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Alameda County Superior Court. If we have reason to believe you are operating your account from a sanctioned location, such as any of the places listed above, or are otherwise in violation of any economic sanction or trade restriction, we may suspend or terminate your use of our Services. Tribunals figures include all tribunals administered by HMCTS and Welsh Tribunals not administered by HMCTS.This position requires confirmation by the Commission on Judicial Appointments, which consists of Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, Attorney General Rob Bonta and Senior Presiding Justice Manuel A. For exercises that launched prior to January 2020 and concluded in 2020-21, data is taken from JARS. This would mitigate against the potential discriminatory impact of having an MRA, by enabling judicial office holders who wish to do so, to stay in their roles for longer than they may currently do so.