merges in appointment as a High Court Judge.
A county court judge, however, is appointed
by warrant and no merger of the appointment
as QC takes place. It should not be assumed
that a High Court or county court judge
ceases to be a barrister.
Although such a
judge does not practise as a barrister his
appointment as a judge does not terminate his
membership of his Inn of Court.
(b) Although, technically, and by inference from
section 6 of the County Courts Act 1959,
county court judge could, after ceasing to
hold that office, resume practice at the
Bar, there is no precedent for this. In the
annual statement of the General Council of the
Bar for 1963 the Bar Council stated: "The
Council do not approve as a matter of
principle of former County Court Judges
returning to practise at the Bar in any
capacity". For a county court judge to
resume practice at the Bar would be a
departure from long traditi on.
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