Judicial Appointments Commission

The JAC recommends candidates for appointment as judges of the High Court and to all judicial offices listed in Schedule 14 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

For example, the JAC convenes panels that recommend candidates for appointment to senior posts such as the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Master of the Rolls, President of the King's Bench Division, President of the Family Division, Chancellor of the High Court and Lords Justices of Appeal.

In other cases the Lord Chief Justice or the Senior President of Tribunals makes the final appointments.

Under the Constitutional Reform Act Parliament gave the JAC the following statutory duties: The Judicial Appointments Commission comprises 15 commissioners.

[4] Richard Ekins and Graham Gee have proposed amending the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 to restore a meaningful choice over judicial candidates to the Lord Chancellor.