Chapter 12 – Quiz - Slapper and Kelly's The English Legal System

C12 – Q1

In order to be a judge, they have had to have been either a qualified barrister or solicitor

TRUE

FALSE

None

C12 – Q2

Why may inferior judges be removed?

For incapacity or misbehaviour

For serious misconduct

For failure to comply with training or sitting requirements

For sustained failure to observe the standards reasonably expected of a judge

For dissenting to an opinion

C12 – Q3

Judicial neutrality is maintained by which of the following?

Decisions must be taken on a fair and impartial basis

A judge must not benefit personally from the case in question

A judge should not be swayed by their social background

A judge should avoid any political or personal bias

C12 – Q4

Where a case gives rise to a potential Human Rights issue, the member of the judiciary hearing the case must be very careful to act in a way which is compatible with what?

The European Convention on Human Rights

The European Human Rights and Justice Act

The European Court of Justice

The Convention for Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights

None

C12 – Q5

Match the following judicial offices with their role

The holder of this position is now President of the Courts of England and Wales and the most senior member of the judiciary

The holder’s role has been reduced in recent times

The senior member of the new court and his deputy has filled these roles. They sit on the appointment commission for any new members of the Supreme Court

The holder of this office is regarded as second in judicial importance to the Lord Chief Justice

President of the Supreme Court and Deputy President of the Supreme Court

Master of the Rolls

Lord Chancellor

Lord Chief Justice

C12 – Q6

Match these judicial offices in order of hierarchy, with 1 being the highest

Lords Justices of Appeal

Lords of Appeal in Ordinary

Justices of the Supreme Court

High Court judges

C12 – Q7

Match these legal office to their roles

Is a political appointee and a member of the executive, whose role is to act as the legal adviser to the Government

Is the Attorney General’s deputy

The head of the national independent Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) established under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 to oversee the prosecution of criminal offences

Solicitor General

Attorney General

Director of Public Prosecutions

C12 – Q8

How can a Judge of the Supreme Court (High Court and Court of Appeal) be removed?

Through any misconduct

By a resolution of both Houses of Parliament

By the intention of the Queen

Through serious misconduct

Through dismissal by the Prime Minister

C12 – Q9

Which of the following is NOT a type of inferior judge?

Circuit Judges

High Court Judges

District Judges

Recorders

The Lord Justices of Appeal

10.

C12 – Q10

The new system for selecting judges under the Judicial Appointments Commission restricts the range of people to be considered

TRUE

FALSE

None

11.

C12 – Q11

Removal of a judge has happened only once

TRUE

FALSE

None

12.

C12 – Q12

Judges are immune from being sued

TRUE

FALSE

None

13.

C12 – Q13

Judges both create the law and interpret it

TRUE

FALSE

None

14.

C12 – Q14

Although private bodies do not have to act compatibly with the European Convention on Human Rights, the courts, as a public body, do have to

TRUE

FALSE

None

15.

C12 – Q15

Who replaced the Lord Chancellor as the head of the judiciary when the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 was introduced?

The President of the Courts of England and Wales

The Lord Chief Justice

The President of the Supreme Court

Master of the Rolls

None

16.

C12 – Q16

How many justices sit in the Supreme Court?

None

17.

C12 – Q17

The necessary qualifications of a judge are set out in the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 as amended by which piece of legislation?

The Criminal Justice Act 2003

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998

The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985

The Tribunals, Court and Enforcement Act 2007

The Equality Act 2006

None

18.

C12 – Q18

Whose responsibility is it to deliver judicial training?

Judicial Training and Development Scheme

Professional Traning for Judges Association

Judicial Studies Board

Centre for Judicial Excellence

The Judiciary Training and Testing Board

None

19.

C12 – Q19

The Supreme Court Act 1981 provided that judges commissions should be quamdiu se bene gesserint. What does this translate to?

Whilst they act in accordance to the rules

Whilst they behave themselves

Provided that they maintain the highest standards

In accordance with the accepted standards of behaviour

The judge is fit and healthy

None

20.

C12 – Q20

Which of the following is a phrase used to mean that judges cannot be easily removed by the Government?

Security of tenure

Security of post

Security of employment

Security of immunity

None

Time’s up