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(viii) Civil case experience: It is obviously

desirable that persons appointed as District

outher

Judges should, if possible, have

experience of civil work. It has been

prior

suggested that they might spend at least a

year in English chambers or on a course to

work

gain experience of civil but this would

be expensive and might not be very productive We have no more constructnar

In defence of the presentay. You

nament

say

that an

But to

officer h prior experience of working in a the Attorney General's Chambers

or as a magistrate,hardly

by staroj

It few members of the coTONIX.

have exepenenced

except perhaps in their very

early days after qualifying.

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good idea if District

think it might

Given the complessity of the

themide this problem may

need further thought,

were included in the Table of Precedence and allowed to

style themselves "His Honour Judge NM". We are looking

into the formalities and will let you know how this

might be effected.

Justiil

jptom made

6. Among other criticisms that he come to our use is

that magistrates and District Judges frequently reserve

judgement for days or even werks. We do not know what truth there is in this, by

you may care

to

invite the Chief Justice to consider how this

it time

could be discourage -t suggests either lack of

industry or else a defective working schedule.

Masistrate of Omos excessively immersed in leaving c

Dufore-

5 on all there

points we would like it possibl

to be able to tell Lord Gardiner wither that there

NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN UND THIS MARGIN

had been progress,

that they were under

butter and active consideration. Tahaps

you would let us know what to this?

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