Advisory Committee Recruitment Plan - Magistrates Recruitment

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The Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committees (AC) on Justices of the Peace are advisory non-departmental public bodies which carry out functions on behalf of the Lord Chancellor. The Recruitment Advisory Committees, along with other key functions are to recruit and recommend to the Senior Presiding Judge (Exercising functions on behalf of the Lord Chief Justice) candidates for appointment to the magistrates. A full list of functions and the role of Advisory Committees can be found in Part one of the Lord Chancellor’s Directions.

All information regarding AC recruitment opening times for Criminal and Family courts is available in the below tables. Please note that these are subject to change.

The recruitment plan is broken down by region and area, please visit the table for your region to find out more about the recruitment plan in your area:

London
Midlands
North East
North West
South East
South West
Wales

London


AC Area	Criminal: Recruitment dates (month)	Family: Recruitment dates (month)
London	7 July to 28 July 2025	10 to 28 March 2025

Midlands

AC Area	Criminal: Recruitment dates (month)	Family: Recruitment dates (month)
Birmingham & Solihull	Postponed to a later date (TBC)	No Recruitment planned before April 2025
Northern Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire & Southern Derbyshire	Postponed to a later date (TBC)	No recruitment planned before April 2025
Leicestershire, Rutland & Northamptonshire	Postponed to a later date (TBC)	No recruitment planned before April 2025
Staffordshire	Postponed to a later date (TBC)	No recruitment planned before April 2025

North East

AC Area	Criminal: Recruitment Dates (month)	Family: Recruitment Dates (month)
Cleveland, County Durham and Darlington	No planned recruitment before April 2025	No planned recruitment before April 2025
Humber and South Yorkshire	No planned recruitment before April 2025	No planned recruitment before April 2025
North and West Yorkshire	1 January to 28 February 2025 (West Yorkshire only)	No planned recruitment before 2025
Northumbria	No planned recruitment before April 2025	No planned recruitment before April 2025

North West

AC Area	Criminal: Recruitment Dates (month)	Family: Recruitment Dates (month)
Cheshire	16 to 30 June 2025	No planned recruitment for 2025
South Cumbria	No planned recruitment for 2025	No planned recruitment for 2025
North & West Cumbria	3 to 17 February 2025	No planned recruitment for 2025
Lancashire	3 to 17 November 2025	3 to 17 November 2025
Greater Manchester	22 April to 6 May 2025	No planned recruitment for 2025
Merseyside	1 to 15 September 2025	1 to 15 September 2025

South East

AC Area	Criminal: Recruitment Dates (month)	Family: Recruitment Dates (month)
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	7 – 13 Oct	No planned recruitment for 2025
Buckinghamshire	25 February to 11 March 2025 31 March to 14 April 2025	TBC
Cambridgeshire and Essex	2 February to 6 March 2025 (South Essex) 17 to 31 March 2025 (North Essex)	25 February to 18 March 2025 (Essex) 9 to 19 May 2025 (Cambridgeshire)
Kent	2 February to 6 March 2025 (East Kent) 31 March to 14 April 2025 (Central Kent) 31 March to 9 April 2025 (North Kent)	25 February to 18 March 2025
Norfolk and Suffolk	25 February to 11 March 2025 (Suffolk) 6 to 20 May 2025 (Norfolk)	8 to 17 September 2025 (Norfolk) 8 to 17 September 2025 (Suffolk)
Surrey and Sussex	30 June to 9 July 2025 (Surrey)	9 – 18 Sept
Thames Valley	9 to 19 May 2025 (Berkshire) 9 to 19 May 2025 (Oxon)	9 to 19 May 2025

South West

AC Area	Criminal: Recruitment Dates (month)	Family: Recruitment Dates (month)
Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire	TBC	March 2025
Devon, Cornwall and Dorset	July 2024	April 2024
Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Wiltshire	TBC	March 2025

Wales

AC Area	Criminal: Recruitment Dates (month)	Family: Recruitment Dates (month)
North Wales	1 to 18 November 2024	1 to 16 September 2024
South Wales	1 to 18 November 2024	1 to 16 September 2024

Mae’r holl wybodaeth am amserlen recriwtio y Llysoedd Troseddol a’r Llysoedd Teulu yng Nghymru ar gael yn y tabl isod. Sylwch y gall hyn newid.

Cymru

Ardal Pwyllgor Ymgynghorol	Troseddol: Dyddiadau Recriwtio (mis)	Teulu: Dyddiadau Recriwtio (mis)
Gogledd Cymru	1 – 18 o Dachwedd 2024	1 – 16 Medi 2024
De Cymru	1 – 18 o Dachwedd 2024	1 – 16 Medi 2024