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Legal Terms -clerk to the justices (also known as the magistrates' or judges' clerk)
An individual designated to support magistrates in court, primarily by providing legal and procedural advice, is a person with a five-year magistrates' court qualification or a barrister or solicitor with at least five years of experience working as a clerk's assistant. The justices will get advice from the clerk or a member of his staff while they are in court, but they shouldn't leave together to deliberate over their decision. He may provide them private advice during their retirement at their request, but after giving it, he must come back to the court.
An individual designated to support magistrates in court, primarily by providing legal and procedural advice, is a person with a five-year magistrates' court qualification or a barrister or solicitor with at least five years of experience working as a clerk's assistant. The justices will get advice from the clerk or a member of his staff while they are in court, but they shouldn't leave together to deliberate over their decision. He may provide them private advice during their retirement at their request, but after giving it, he must come back to the court.
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