Appraisal of justices11

1

Every BTDC shall establish a scheme to appraise the performance on the bench of the justices, such as will enable it to –

a

determine their training and development needs;

b

report to the MATC on their training needs; and

c

maintain a list of approved court chairmen in accordance with rules 13 and 14.

2

The BTDC shall select justices to conduct appraisals (“the appraising justices”) and it may also arrange for a justice assigned to a different area to conduct appraisals.

3

The BTDC shall determine the intervals at which justices are to be appraised, having regard to the requirements of rule 14.

4

The BTDC shall establish a procedure for conducting appraisals, which shall include the following elements–

a

the notification that will be given to the justice to be appraised (“the appraised justice”);

b

a procedure for the appraising justice to record his assessment and for notifying the appraised justice and the BTDC of that assessment;

c

a procedure for enabling the appraised justice to discuss the assessment with the appraising justice and a procedure enabling the appraised justice to challenge the assessment to a person other than the appraising justice;

d

the time limits for these procedures.

5

The BTDC shall publish its scheme to the justices.