Public Appointments

Who Appoints Our Judges? Inside the Judicial Appointments Commission

On 29 January, a vacancy appeared on the government’s public appointments website which stood out from the list of otherwise rather unremarkable job adverts. The Judicial Appointments Commission is seeking a new chair. The next day, the JAC’s own … [Read more...] about Who Appoints Our Judges? Inside the Judicial Appointments Commission

House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) – Chronicle of a Death Foretold?

The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) hasn’t often featured in the news in its 23-year history. To be sure, there have been on-going controversies over appointments to the Lords, but recently there have been a series of controversies in … [Read more...] about House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) – Chronicle of a Death Foretold?