he happens also to
also to be Master,
part-time judge and the main legal adviser within the Judiciary, then, to the disadvantage of the Judiciary, he either delegates some of his own true functions or
performs them inadequately. The Chief Justice needs an administrator directly advising him on management and resource policy and directly responsible to him and continuously in that position and no other.
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This post will be instead of and not in addition to the
existing post of Registrar. If it is desirable to retain the title of
Registrar it can be assumed by the Senior Master who will be taking the non-administrative work of the old post.
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administrator.
of
Although it is difficult to compare responsibilities within the Judiciary with those in departments
Government some such
indicator will help towards a decision about the rank of the
Departmental heads are subordinate to Secretaries and ranked at D6 or DS in the Government pay scale depending on the size of the department and other factors. In terms of manpower and money the Judiciary is not very large by comparison with several other departments and this might argue for D5. I would very strongly advise against a lower ranking. There is an important factor in favour of D6. The main responsibility of the post will be the optimum deployment of 140 judicial officers including Justices of Appeal (above D6) and High Court Judges (level with D6). Judicial officers should not and may not be directed but their time is the Judiciary's main resource and somehow it has to be matched to the demands of court business which are also
uncontrollable. That part of the administrator's task therefore calls for the provision of systems, programmes, facilities and encouragement conducive to optimum judicial performance. I advise that the task.be
not under-estimated.. It is one for a person of high status. It calls for great tact, persuasiveness and diplomacy combined with firmness, dignity and a flair for administration. I therefore advise that D6 would be the appropriate rank certainly to begin with and probably.
thereafter.
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