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Members or former members of the higher judiciary who are King's Counsel do not use the post-nominal letters KC. Due to the various honours bestowed on members of the judiciary and traditions associated with the varying levels, their personal titles and forms of address often change as they progress in a judicial career.
The Honorable (abbreviation The Hon., oral address Your Honor) – Judges and justices in the United States. [5] Oral address Your Honour – All courts in Australia. [6] The Right Honourable Lord/Lady Justice X (abbreviation X LJ) – Judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
The seven Insolvency and Companies Court Judges, one of whom is the Chief Insolvency and Companies Court Judge, [18] hear and dispose of much of the High Court insolvency (both personal and corporate) and pure company law cases and trials in London (such as cases arising under the Insolvency Act 1986, the Company Directors Disqualification Act ...
A High Court judge can only be removed by the King upon an Address of both Houses of Parliament. Formerly, High Court judges could only be appointed from among barristers of at least 10 years' standing. [4] Before the qualifications changed, a typical appointee had in the region of twenty to thirty years' experience as a lawyer.
In spoken address, these officials are addressed as Your Worship or referred to as His Worship, Her Worship, or Their Worship. In Australia , all states now use Your Honour as the form of address for magistrates (the same as has always been used for judges in higher courts).
A courtesy title is a form of address and/or reference in the British system of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer, as well as certain officials such as some judges and members of the Scottish gentry.
The Honourable Judge — judges of provincial courts and formerly judges of district or county courts. [16] In all cases, the governor general of Canada may grant permission to retain the style after they cease to hold office. Persons eligible to retain the style include the speaker of the House of Commons (who may already be eligible as a ...