PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
Applicants are expected to be living or working in, or reasonably close to, the area in which they wish to serve.
Please state the name of the advisory committee whose recruitment exercise you are applying for:
If you have a preference to sit at a particular court (or courts) within the area you are applying to, indicate them below. Please note that we cannot guarantee to meet your preference(s):
How did you initially become aware of the role you are applying for?
What additional material have you seen that has increased your knowledge of the role? This might be advertisements, pages on the internet etc.
Only answer the next question if you are applying for vacancies in Wales.
Refer to page 14 of the Guidance for Prospective Applicants.
If the area to which you are applying has vacancies for bilingual magistrates, please indicate below if you would like to be considered for those vacancies:
All applicants must have visited a magistrates’ court to observe the proceedings, at least twice before submitting an application.
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We need to know if you have previously applied to become a magistrate, including any separate applications to sit in the family courts.
Have you previously applied to become a magistrate?
Have you made an application to sit in the family court?
If you answered yes, please give details of when you made your application, to which advisory committee, and the outcome (if known) of your application.
The Magistrates’ Association represents approximately 80% of magistrates in England and Wales. Information about the Magistrates’ Association is available at: www.magistrates-association.org.uk/
If you are appointed, may we pass your details (name, address, date of birth and local justice area) to the Magistrates’ Association, so that they can contact you about the Association?
Your details will not be disclosed without your permission and will not be passed to any other organisation.