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called to the bar (= being fully accepted to practise law). Barristers have the right of audience in all courts in England and
Wales: in other words, they have the right to speak, but they do not have that right exclusively.
Magistrates: Magistrates usually work in Magistrates' Courts. These courts hear cases of petty crime, adoption,
affiliation, maintenance and violence in the home. The court can commit someone for trial or for sentence in a Crown
Court. There are two main types of magistrates: stipendiary magistrates (qualified lawyers who usually sit alone); lay
magistrates (unqualified, who sit as a bench of three and can only sit if there is a justices' clerk present to advise them).
Judges: In England, judges are appointed by the Lord Chancellor*. The minimum requirement is that one should be a
barrister or solicitor of ten years' standing. The majority of judges are barristers, but they cannot practise as barristers.
Recorders are practising barristers who act as judges on a part-time basis. The appointment of judges is not a political
appointment, and judges remain in office unless they are found guilty of gross misconduct. Judges cannot be Members of
Parliament. **
The jury: Juries are used in criminal cases, and in some civil actions, notably actions for libel. They are also used in some
coroner's inquests. The role of the jury is to use common sense to decide if the verdict should be for or against the
accused. Members of a jury (called jurors) normally have no knowledge of the law and follow the explanations given to
them by the judge. Anyone whose name appears on the electoral register and who is between the ages of 18 and 70 is