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Magistrate advisory committee recruitment information

You can now find details of vacancies in your area and apply online at the Volunteer to be a Magistrate website.

Updates to this page

From:
Ministry of Justice and HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Published:
3 October 2013
Last updated:
24 January 2022
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  1. Removed document showing current vacancies for magistrates and changed details to link to the new online application process at https://magistrates.judiciary.uk/.

  2. Recruitment open: Derbyshire (Family); London (Criminal); Nottinghamshire (Family) Recruitment closed: Birmingham & Solihull (Criminal); Black Country (Criminal)

  3. Recruitment closed: Derbyshire (Family); Nottinghamshire (Family)

  4. Online applications to Cambridgeshire and Cumbria & Lancashire have now closed.

  5. Recruitment closed: Avon & Somerset & Gloucestershire (Criminal); Cumbria (Criminal); Devon, Cornwall and Dorset (Criminal); Lancashire (Criminal & Family); Leicestershire & Rutland (Family); Lincolnshire (Family); Northamptonshire, Leicestershire & Rutland (Family); Wiltshire, Hampshire & Isle of Wight (Criminal).

  6. Recruitment closed: London (Criminal)

  7. Recruitment open: Black Country (Criminal); Birmingham & Solihull (Criminal); Derbyshire (Family); Nottinghamshire (Family). Recruitment closed: Staffordshire (Criminal); Wales - North Wales - Clwyd and Gwynedd, Dyfed Powys, Gwent, Mid & South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan (Criminal & Family); West Mercia - Herefordshire (Criminal) and Worcestershire (Criminal).

  8. Recruitment for Lancashire (Family) open until 31 October 2021

  9. Recruitment for Cumbria (Criminal) and Lancashire (Criminal) open until 19 October 2021. Recruitment for Lancashire (Family) open until 30 November 2021.

  10. Recruitment open: Leicestershire & Rutland (Family) Recruitment closed: Birmingham and Solihull (Criminal); Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (Criminal); Greater Manchester (Criminal)

  11. Recruitment open: Birmingham and Solihull (Criminal); Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (Criminal); Devon, Cornwall and Dorset (Criminal); Lincolnshire (Family); Northamptonshire, Leicestershire & Rutland (Family) Recruitment closed: Greater Manchester (Family)

  12. Recruitment opens for Avon & Somerset & Gloucestershire (Crime) 1 September 2021

  13. Adding links to recruitment document for online applications to vacancies for Cambridgeshire; West London; and Cumbria and Lancashire.

  14. Recruitment open: Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Lancashire and West London (criminal court only) - online applications from 19 July 2021.

  15. Recruitment open: Avon & Somerset & Gloucestershire (Family); Cumbria (Criminal); Herefordshire (Criminal); Lancashire (Criminal & Family); Staffordshire (Criminal); Thames Valley (Criminal & Family); Wiltshire, Hampshire & Isle of Wight (Criminal); Worcestershire (Criminal) Recruitment closed: Birmingham & Solihull, Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire (Criminal)

  16. Recruitment open: Birmingham & Solihull, Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire (Criminal). Recruitment closed: Cumbria (Criminal & Family); Derbyshire (Criminal); Herefordshire (Criminal); Nottinghamshire (Criminal); Shropshire (Criminal & Family); Staffordshire (Criminal); Worcestershire (Criminal)

  17. Recruitment closed: Leicestershire & Rutland (Criminal); Lincolnshire (Criminal); Northamptonshire (Criminal).

  18. Recruitment open: London (Criminal & Family)

  19. Recruitment closed: Avon & Somerset (Family); Devon & Cornwall and Dorset (Family); London (Family); Wiltshire, Hampshire and Isle of Wight (Family)

  20. Recruitment open: Lincolnshire (Criminal from 1 April 2021)

  21. Recruitment open: Northamptonshire (Criminal from 1 April 2021); London (Family); Leicestershire & Rutland (Criminal from 1 April 2021); Greater Manchester (Family from 1 April 2021)

  22. Recruitment open: Thames Valley (Criminal & Family); Shropshire (Criminal & Family). Recruitment closed: Cheshire (Criminal); Lancashire (Criminal).

  23. Recruitment now open: Avon & Somerset (Family); Devon & Cornwall and Dorset (Family); Wiltshire, Hampshire and Isle of Wight (Family)

  24. Recruitment open: Cleveland, County Durham and Darlington (Criminal & Family); Humber and South Yorkshire (Criminal & Family); London (Criminal); Yorkshire, North and West (Criminal & Family) Recruitment closed: Cheshire (Family); Merseyside (Criminal & Family)

  25. Cheshire (Criminal & Family) and Merseyside (Criminal & Family) are open for recruitment.

  26. Recruitment open: Derbyshire (Criminal); Herefordshire (Criminal); Nottinghamshire (Criminal); Staffordshire (Criminal); Worcestershire (Criminal). Recruitment closed: Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire (Criminal); Cheshire (Criminal & Family); Cleveland, County Durham and Darlington (Criminal & Family); Devon, Cornwall, Dorset (Criminal); Greater Manchester (Criminal & Family); Humber and South Yorkshire (Criminal & Family); London (Criminal); Merseyside (Criminal & Family); Wiltshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight (Criminal); Yorkshire, North and West (Criminal & Family).

  27. Recruitment closed: Black Country, Birmingham & Solihull, Coventry, Warwickshire (Criminal); Leicestershire & Rutland (Criminal); Lincolnshire (Criminal); Northamptonshire (Criminal).

  28. Recruitment now open: Wales (Criminal and Family)

  29. Recruitment open: Cheshire (Criminal & Family)

  30. Recruitment now open: Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire (Criminal); Black Country, Birmingham & Solihull, Coventry, Warwickshire (Criminal); Devon, Cornwall, Dorset (Criminal); Greater Manchester (Criminal & Family); Leicestershire & Rutland (Criminal); Lincolnshire (Criminal); London (Criminal); Merseyside (Criminal & Family); Northamptonshire (Criminal); Wiltshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight (Criminal) Recruitment closed: Derbyshire (Family); Nottingham (Family); Wales (Criminal & Family)

  31. Cumbria (Family) closing date for applications extended to 31 October 2020.

  32. Contact details have been updated for the Black Country, Birmingham and Solihull and Coventry and Warwickshire Advisory Committee – Crime bench.

  33. Recruitment now open: Derbyshire (Family); Greater Manchester (Criminal); Nottingham (Family).

  34. Recruitment closed: Merseyside (Criminal & Family); Staffordshire (Family).

  35. Staffordshire recruitment extended to 20 July 2020 by 12 noon.

  36. Updates to recruitment document: Areas open: Kent; Cambridgeshire & Essex; Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire; Norfolk and Suffolk and Surrey and Sussex. Merseyside – Criminal and Family. Recruitment open in Wales. Recruitment closed: West Mercia and Staffordshire (Family).

  37. Update to areas currently recruiting magistrates. Recruitment open: Cumbria (Criminal & Family)

  38. Update to areas currently recruiting magistrates. Recruitment now open: Cumbria (Criminal); Northumbria (Criminal and Family); West Mercia and Staffordshire (Family). Recruitment now closed: Birmingham, Solihull, Black Country, Coventry & Warwickshire (Family).

  39. Update to areas currently recruiting magistrates. Recruitment now open: Birmingham, Solihull, Black Country, Coventry & Warwickshire (Family); Merseyside (Criminal & Family). Recruitment now closed: Avon & Somerset and Gloucestershire (Family); Cumbria (Criminal); Greater Manchester (Criminal & Family); Leicestershire & Rutland, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire (Family); North & South Northumbria (Criminal & Family).

  40. Update to recruitment document and list of areas with vacancies

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  53. Recruitment dates for North & South Northumbria (Adult Criminal)

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  59. Adding vacancies for Wiltshire, Hampshire and Isle of Wight (Family)

  60. Update to recruitment document

  61. New recruitment document published - June 2019

  62. Update to recruitment document

  63. Recruitment by SE Committees added

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  78. New vacancies added

  79. Closed recruitment campaigns and added on new vacancies

  80. Regular updates

  81. Extend closing dates for Hertforshire and Bedfordshire

  82. Amended closing date

  83. New vacancies added

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  85. New vacancies added

  86. Coventry & Warwickshire does not currently have vacancies

  87. New vacancies added, old recruitment campaigns removed.

  88. New vacancies added.

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  90. Change to recruitment dates in Wales.

  91. New vacancies added

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  93. Number of vacancies ammended for Coventry & Warwickshire

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  95. new vacancies added and old campaigns closed.

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  104. Vacancy information updated for magistrates

  105. updated vacancies and recruitment information.

  106. New Magistrate vacancies added.

  107. Magistrate vacancies updated.

  108. Magistrates vacancy information updated.

  109. New magistrate vacancies added for London local justice areas.

  110. Magistrates recruitment document updated to include new vacancies.

  111. updated magistrates recruitment information

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  113. Regular update to file attachment

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  172. Updated recruitment information

  173. First published.

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