Lay or DJ?

Are professional District Judges better than lay Magistrates? This article is perfect, based on the MoJ’s recent report. Fewer differences than you might think, apparently… perhaps get your students to list the comments on lay magistrates and District Judges made in the article, and use them for a debate!

There’s also some welcome criticism here of the old Auld report proposals for a new middle level of Court between Mags and Crown.