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Judicial Independence
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Strengths:
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- More diverse as solicitors and legal executives can apply
Weaknesses:
- Lord Chancellor still has a large say retaining considerable executive power
- Most applicants will be former tribal lawyers, does not mean they will make good judges
- Queens Counsel top judges unlikely to apply as it would be a 90% pay cut
- Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC)
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- Constituational Reform Act 2005
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- Autonomy of legal profession
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Nemo Judex in causa sua
- no one is a judge in their own case
Re Pinochet
- had connections to Amnesty International so the House of Lords reheard the case
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Immunity from lawsuit
Sirros v Moore
- wrongfully convicted defendant but did not suffer consequences