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The current Crown Court was established on 1 January 1972 by the Courts Act 1971, [6] establishing a unitary trial court for the whole jurisdiction. With the merging of the various court services into what is now HM Courts and Tribunals Service, the Crown Court frequently shares facilities with the County Court and magistrates' courts.
Decisions of justices, masters and of Insolvency and Companies Court Judges are of equal standing, both types being judges of the High Court sitting at first instance. [ 2 ] Within months of appointment, male justices are made Knights Bachelor , and female justices are made Dame Commanders of the British Empire (DBE).
Judges of the Family Division sitting in private wear formal suits. Ceremonially, all High Court justices wear the red gown with white trim along with a full wig. Four High Court Justices in their ceremonial robes in procession at Llandaff Cathedral in 2013. A Master is a level of judge in the High Court whose decisions are of equal standing to ...
Some circuit judges are appointed as senior circuit judges and take on additional responsibility, such as the running of the largest court centres. [9] Some Crown Courts will appoint judges as 'resident judges', who will only hear cases at that court and act as the senior judge. [10] This is often accompanied with an honorary recorder title. [11]
The Crown Court also hears appeals from magistrates' courts. The Crown Court is the only court in England and Wales that has the jurisdiction to try cases on indictment, and when exercising such a role, it is a superior court in that its judgments cannot be reviewed by the Administrative Court of the King's Bench Division of the High Court.
The Judiciary of England and Wales contains many levels, based on the court in which the judge sits. Titles are given to judges relating to their position and, in the case of knighthoods and peerages, this includes the positions they had previously held.
Jackson, of Wilshere Crescent, Hitchin, was sentenced on Friday, having been found guilty of manslaughter but cleared of murder in November following a Crown Court trial in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
She was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 2018 [2] assigned to the Chancery division [4] and High Court judge on 20 March 2023, [7] assigned to the King's Bench Division by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. [5] Dias received the customary [clarification needed] damehood in 2023. [8]