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

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John Wilkerson, 52, of San Bernardino County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the San Bernardino County Superior Court. The JAC provides the secretariat for these exercises and, in line with statute, at least 2 JAC Commissioners sit on each 5-member panel. She served in several roles at the Orange County Public Defender’s Office from 2006 to 2022, including Senior Deputy Public Defender, Assistant Public Defender and Deputy Public Defender.Barton earned a Master of Social Welfare degree from the University of Southern California and a Juris Doctor degree from the New College of California School of Law. However, in the event of 10 or more additional recommendations being made in any single selection exercise after the end of the financial y This would benefit judicial office holders in that they would be able to continue to work for longer, mitigating against mandatory retirement at the age of 70. Crystal Tindell Seiler, of San Luis Obispo County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. She was able to stay on until her 75th birthday due to the fact she was already a High Court judge when the retirement age was lowered to 70 in 1995.

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The King has appointed Charlotte Crangle to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. The Selection and Character Committee then makes selection decisions based on the panel’s assessment of all the available evidence, and the result of statutory consultation with the judiciary. Recommendations: Before making recommendations to the Appropriate Authority, the Commissioners of the JAC, sitting as the Selection and Character Committee, first assure themselves that applicants are ‘of good character’. Tania Vallejo, of Orange County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Orange County Superior Court.

Solicitors wishing to carry out reserved legal activities must have in force a practising certificate issued by the SRA (or a relevant exemption). As part of the response to improve recruitment and retention in the judiciary, the Ministry of Justice is considering raising the MRA to 72 or to 75 for judicial offices that fall within the competence of the UK Parliament.This provision shall not affect the term to which any such judge shall have been elected or appointed prior to, or at the time of, approval and ratification of this provision. Sitting in retirement is the policy which currently permits certain judges to retire, draw their pension, and continue to sit as a fee-paid judge, if there is a business need to do so, up to the mandatory retirement age of 75. Morgan has served as a Deputy County Counsel in the San Bernardino County Counsel’s Office since 2015.

Mandatory retirement is the compulsory retirement of judges who have reached a specific age determined by a state's constitution. The King has appointed Jonathan Morwood to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Alex Chalk KC MP and the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. His Honour Judge Jeremy Nigel Donne RD KC retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 1 November 2023. This appointment will fill a vacancy in the High Court following elevations to the Court of Appeal and confirmed retirements.

Some judges appointed to judicial office prior to 31 March 1995 retained their previous (usually higher) retirement date. This may be reflective of society as Scotland has an aging population with both an increase in life expectancy and the proportion of the population which is over 65, however it may also be a cause for concern if the public view the judiciary as an aged workforce. New appointments include those who started their first appointment, have been promoted from fee-paid to salaried or have had a promotion from a salaried post to a higher salaried post. While it is not essential to be a current member of one of these professions to apply for judicial roles, in practice most of those who apply will have a background in at least one of these professions. While an increase in MRA does not appear that it would significantly impact on this, a much higher MRA (eg, 80), is likely to risk introducing the need for assessments of individuals' capacity.