Modernising judicial terms and conditions
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This document sets out the government’s response to the ‘Modernising Judicial Terms & Conditions’ consultation, which was published on 15 September 2016. The consultation paper set out proposals for reform in several key areas of judicial terms & conditions, comprising:
- introducing a single fixed term for fee-paid judges
- introducing the ability to recruit to leadership positions for a fixed term, with accompanying temporary remuneration
- introducing an expectation – rather than guarantee – of the number of days existing fee-paid court judges are required to sit
- removing the entitlement of existing fee-paid judges to claim travel expenses for journeys to their primary courts
- introducing a requirement for existing salaried and fee-paid judges to provide notice of intention to resign or retire.
The consultation received more than 400 responses; the majority of these were from existing fee-paid judges, but responses were also received from associations representing salaried judges; from bodies representing the legal professions, such as The Law Society, the Bar Council, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives; and from the Judicial Appointments Commission.
A detailed summary of responses is set out in Annex A of the response document.
Original consultation
Consultation description
With the undertaking to fundamentally reform the courts and tribunals system in England and Wales, the government has been liaising with the judiciary about whether reforms of the judicial system are needed to help deliver this ambitious change programme.
The government would now welcome your views on the following proposals:
- introducing a new single fixed term for fee-paid judges
- introducing the ability to recruit to leadership positions for a fixed term, with accompanying temporary remuneration
- introducing an expectation – rather than guarantee – of number of days existing fee-paid court judges are required to sit
- removing the entitlement of existing fee-paid judges to claim travel expenses for journeys to their primary courts
- introducing a requirement for existing salaried and fee-paid judges to provide notice of intention to resign or retire.
Updates to this page
Last updated 8 February 2017 + show all updates
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Response published.
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Closing date extended to 1 December.
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First published.