... courts below and including the crown court. The ways in which inferior and superior judges are appointed and selected are very different, so each one will be looked at separately. The Appointment and Selection of Judges...... Superior judges cannot (usually) apply for the job; they must be invited and as such are appointed, they are normally appointed by the Queen on nomination of the Prime Minster. Inferior judges can apply for their jobs, at this level potential candidates apply for such a position, in the past this was done by general application without knowing whether there was a vacancy at the required level, but today advertisements are placed in the legal press. Inferior judges are appointed by the Lord Chancellor. The largest recent change to the appointment and selection of Judges was as a result of the Courts and Legal Services Act (1990). Due to this, solicitors could become superior judges and ...

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