According to the media statement released on Wednesday, the appointments comprise 12 acting chief magistrates appointed for a one year, seven senior principal magistrates grade 1, four ...

A magistrate has been issued with formal advice for misconduct over comments which ‘betrayed unconscious bias on her part’ and made her colleague feel uncomfortable. A fellow magistrate ...

A Kootenai County magistrate judge with numerous reprimands who appeared in court dressed as Darth Vader on Halloween is up for re-election in November. A campaign led by a former litigant of a ...

Magistrate Monica Vella was given a dressing down by an appeals court judge earlier this month for her “irresponsible behaviour” after a court official testified she had failed to pass on her ...

Magistrates’ sentencing powers will be doubled again in a bid to cut the court backlog and ease overcrowding in jails. The move, confirmed by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Thursday ...

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Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood introduced the scheme to address prison overcrowding amid fears jails will run out of space (Joe Giddens/PA) Magistrates are being handed powers to sentence ...

KANNUR: A day after he was given a send-off by his colleagues, including the Kannur District Collector, Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Naveen Babu was found dead at his quarters in ...

Victorian magistrates have been given training on how to sentence violent migrant criminals such as pedophiles and drug dealers so they don’t get deported at the end of their jail term.

“Relevant police disciplines, including the Explosives Unit officers, were dispatched from the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court following a bomb threat. “All inmates were secured and the ...

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The Bauchi State Judicial Service Commission, JSC, has approved the appointment of seven magistrates and upgraded seven Lower Sharia Court judges to the position of Upper Sharia Court judges.