Try the multiple choice questions below to test your knowledge of this chapter.
Get Started!Correct. Feedback: Answer (C) is correct. The Judicial Appointments Commission selects candidates to recommend for judicial appointments.
Incorrect. Feedback: Answer (C) is correct. The Judicial Appointments Commission selects candidates to recommend for judicial appointments.
Correct. Feedback: Answer (A) is correct. It is vitally important that the judiciary be independent from the State.
Incorrect. Feedback: Answer (A) is correct. It is vitally important that the judiciary be independent from the State.
Correct. Feedback: Answer (B) is correct. The Lord Chief Justice is now head of the judiciary in England and Wales.
Incorrect. Feedback: Answer (B) is correct. The Lord Chief Justice is now head of the judiciary in England and Wales.
Correct. Feedback: Answer (B) is correct. The Access to Justice Act 1999 renamed stipendiary magistrates as district judges (magistrates courts).
Incorrect. Feedback: Answer (B) is correct. The Access to Justice Act 1999 renamed stipendiary magistrates as district judges (magistrates courts).
Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is (C).
Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is (C).
Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is (True). Judges must be free from the influence of the executive; they must be politically neutral, unbiased and incorruptible. The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 now requires the Government to uphold the independence of the judiciary.
Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is (True). Judges must be free from the influence of the executive; they must be politically neutral, unbiased and incorruptible. The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 now requires the Government to uphold the independence of the judiciary.
Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is (False). They can however, issue a declaration of incompatibility in relation to the Human Rights Act 1998.
Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is (False). They can however, issue a declaration of incompatibility in relation to the Human Rights Act 1998.
Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is (True). Security of tenure means that senior judges remain in post 'during good behaviour', and they can only be removed following a petition from the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is (True). Security of tenure means that senior judges remain in post 'during good behaviour', and they can only be removed following a petition from the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is (True). The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 greatly expanded opportunities to apply for judicial office. It is now possible for academics and legal executives to become members of the judiciary.
Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is (True). The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 greatly expanded opportunities to apply for judicial office. It is now possible for academics and legal executives to become members of the judiciary.
Correct. Feedback: The correct answer is (False). Magistrates have limited sentencing powers of a maximum £5,000 fine and a 12 month custodial sentence in respect of one offence.
Incorrect. Feedback: The correct answer is (False). Magistrates have limited sentencing powers of a maximum £5,000 fine and a 12 month custodial sentence in respect of one offence.