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Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) starts moving

Saturday 16 April 2005 at 1:10 pm | In News | Post Comment

Sir Nigel Wicks has been appointed as the first chairman of Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) which will replace the Department for Constitutional Affairs’ role in judicial appointments .

Wicks, the Lord Chief Justice, and another person, whom Wicks will appoint will select the 15 members of the JAC, who will, from next year, choose judges. The 15 will comprise six lay members a barrister, a solicitor, a district judge, a circuit judge, a Lord Justice of Appeal and one lay magistrate.

None of this will happen until April 2006.