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MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1990

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JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND

THE OF

DISTRICT COURT ENJOY A SECURITY OF TENURE WHICH CAN ONLY BE DISTURBED ON EXHAUSTIVE JUDICIAL ENQUIRY INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT. OTHER JUDICIAL OFFICERS ON PENSIONABLE TERMS ENJOY THE CONSIDERABLE SECURITY OF THAT STATUS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS. IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SIX MONTUS, HOWEVER, LEGISLATION WILL BE INTRODUCED

LEGISLATURE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE

WHICH WILL. EXTEND THE PROTITION ENJOYED BY PENSIONABLE OFFICERS TO THOSE JUDICIAL OFFICENS SERVING ON CONTRACTUAL TERMS. THE CONTRACTUAL TERMS FOR TERMINATION OF CONTRACT

BE WILL SUPERSEDED BY THIS NEW LEGISLATION BUT THE PRESENT

RENEWAL PROCEDURES FOR

OF CONTRACTS WILL REMAIN THE

SAME.

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THE

JUDICIARY FROM THE

TO EMPHASISE THE SEPARATION OF GOVERNMENT THE LEGISLATION WILL PROVIDE THAT OFFICERS WILL NO LONGER BE SUBJECT ΤΟ CIVIL REGULATIONS WHICH WILL BE REPLACED, AS FAR JUDICIARY IS CONCERNED, BỶ THE JUDICIAL REGULATIONS. THE FINAL AUTHORITY UNDER THE SERVICE REGULATIONS WILL BE THE CHIEF JUSTICE.

JUDICIAL SERVICE

AS THE SERVICE JUDICIAL

AT

A JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATOR HAS RECENTLY BEEN APPOINTED THE LEVEL OF D3 IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TO STRENGTHEN ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT. THIS NON-JUDICIAL POST WAS ORIGINALLY CANVASSED AT D6 IN THE 1986 ROBINSON REPORT ON THE JUDICIARY. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THIS HIGH-LEVEL OFFICER

RE THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF THE THE

WAS

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JUDICIARY, ANSWERABLE ONLY TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE.. LEVEL AND FUNCTION OF THE POST WERE, HOWEVER, PERCEIVED BY THE JUDGES AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS TO COMPROMISE THE JUDICIARY'S INDEPENDENCE. THE GOVERNMENT RESPECTED THE JUDICIARY'S CONCERN AND ACCEPTED THE NEED FOR THE JUDICIARY BOTH TO BE, AND TO BE SEEN TO BE, INDEPENDENT. THE PRESENT APPOINTMENT BRINGS VALUABLE EXPERTISE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE

AND STRENGTHENS THE

DISCIPLINE

JUDICIARY'S SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

(III) IMPLICIT IN JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, IS, OF COURSE, THE QUALITY OF THOSE WHO FORM THE JUDICIARY. THE JUDICIARY THEREFORE AIMS AT' PRESERVING AND ENHANCING QUALITY. JUSTICE IS ILL SERVED BY THE IDLE AND INCOMPETENT, HOWEVER INDEPENDENT THE STRUCTURE WITHIN WHICH THEY MAY OPERATE. TO THIS END, A NUMBER OF MEASURES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED:

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JUDICIAL OFFICE IN EXPERIENCED MEMBERS

JUDICIAL PENSIONS NOW ACCRUE AT A HIGHER RATE OVER THE AGE OF 50, TO ATTRACT INTO MIDDLE LIFE THE ABLEST AND MOST OF THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS.

/2) THE RECENT