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Lord Chancellor's Department - Second Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 30 June 2003.


CONTENTS


Terms of Reference

Summary

1. Introduction

Background to this Report

The Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland

History

Remit

Judicial appointments with which the Board is not concerned

Judicial discipline

Principles

Other matters

2. Lessons from the Scottish experience

Independence vs accountability

Necessity of placing the Board/Commission on a statutory footing

Provision of guidance to the Commission

Funding

Openness and transparency

Composition of the Board

Balance of legal and lay representation

Appointment of individual members

Tenure

Conflicts of interest

Appointments to be made by the Commission

Procedures for assessment of suitability for appointment

Diversity

Conclusions

Appendix 1: Membership of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland

Appendix 2: Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland— Criteria for Judicial Appointment

Formal minutes


 
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