magistrates
Will working as a magistrate become the next CV must-have for wannabe lawyers?
Government targets ‘younger people’ as part of new recruitment drive
Magistrate rebuked for calling junior barrister ‘huffy’ after she was mistaken for defendant three times in one day
Jacqueline Mitchell handed formal warning for ‘ill judged’ tweet
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Case comment: Why someone was sent to prison for taking photos of the Grenfell Tower victims
Omega Mwaikambo was sentenced to three months
I became a magistrate when I was 19, and I think the courts are right to push for more youngsters on the bench
Serving while still a student
Dream law student property with its own courtroom goes on sale for £525,000
Renovated magistrates’ court comes with prison cells and a conference room too
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Are we about to see the end of the magistrates’ court?
New reform plans may plunge the magistracy into an existential crisis
Courtroom ‘selfie’ taker who uploaded group snap on Facebook slapped with £190 fine
The illegal photograph also captured the magistrates’ legal adviser in the background
Lawyers back magistrate suspended for paying asylum seeker’s court charge
Axe this “laughably unfair” charge, urge members of legal profession
Sacked gun-wielding magistrate’s fury at ‘double standard’ over BSB investigator’s Dirty Harry-style photo
AK-47 posing magistrate frustrated over his fate as staffer at bar regulator goes unpunished for Facebook gun pose