... confidential information and opinions about those candidates from judges. These files are secret so that the subjects do not know what is in them. The dominance of judges' positions relies mainly on word of mouth and the confidential opinion of existing judges. Law Lords In the appointment of Law Lords, Judges are short listed by the Lord Chancellor, selected by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Queen. In nearly all cases the first choice candidate of the Lord Chancellor will be the one who is appointed. Court of Appeal As with law lords, they are appointed by the Queen after being nominated by the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor plays major part of the recommendations. As solicitors can be appointed High Court judges, it means that it will be possible for a solicitor to become a judge in the Court of Appeal, but at the moment all judges in the Court of ...

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