... appointment. To become a District judge you must respond to an advertisement by sending an application to the Judicial Selection Board (Lord Chancellor's Department). Then you are short-listed and interviewed after references have been taken up. Finally appointment is at the Lord Chancellor's discretion. This appointment procedure is also the same for Recorders and Circuit judges. The appointment procedure for a High court judge begins with sending an application in response to an advertisement or by invitation from the Lord Chancellor's Department. Following this the opinions of all the High court judges is asked. Then there is a review by the Lord Chancellor's Department and Heads of Division (Queen's Bench, Family Division and Chancery Division). Finally appointment is by the Lord Chancellor. The appointment procedure begins to change after the High court. To become a Lord Justice of Appeal you are invited to consider promotion by the Lord Chancellor, who then seeks opinions ...

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