The Recorder of Nottingham is the highest appointed legal officer of the Crown within the Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County areas.

The current appointed Recorder of Nottingham is His Honour Judge Michael Stokes QC. His Lordship was appointed to the position in 2007.

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Recorder (judge)
A Recorder is a judicial officer in England and Wales and some other common law jurisdictions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder_(judge)

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Sessyi kwartalnych nie mają wcale, albo sessye te odprawia tak zwany rekorder
(recorder), takze platny urzçdnik municypalny, mianowany przez koronç z pomiçdzy lepszych adwokat
http://jbc.bj.uj.edu.pl/Content/328818/NDIGCZAS013294_1862_T...

A Recorder is a judicial officer in England and Wales and some other common law jurisdictions.

England and Wales

In England and Wales, it now refers to two quite different appointments. The ancient Recorderships of England and Wales now form part of a system of Honorary Recorderships which are filled by the most senior full-time circuit judges. A modern system of statutory Recorders, on the other hand, has since 1971 appointed barristers and solicitors to part-time positions as judges, who sit for 3–6 weeks a year with the powers of Circuit Judges.

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Sędziowie pracujący w niepełnym wymiarze godzin

Sędziowie pracujący w niepełnym wymiarze godzin powoływani są zwykle na okres wynoszący co najmniej pięć lat, z zachowaniem stosownych górnych limitów wiekowych. Do tej kategorii sędziów należą przede wszystkim:

- zastępcy sędziów Wysokiego Trybunału (Deputy High Court Judges), którzy zasiadają w jednym lub większej liczbie wydziałów Wysokiego Trybunału;

- Recorders, których zakres odpowiedzialności jest podobny do zakresu odpowiedzialności sędziów okręgowych, jednak zwykle zajmują się oni sprawami mniej skomplikowanymi lub sprawami mniejszej wagi rozstrzyganymi przez sąd;
https://e-justice.europa.eu/content_legal_professions-29-ew-...


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Historic office and Honorary Recorders

In England and Wales, the Recorder was the senior judge of some important urban centres, which were given the right to appoint a Recorder by the Crown. Typically, the appointment would be given to a senior and distinguished practitioner at the Bar, and it was, therefore, usually executed part-time only, by a person whose usual practice was as a barrister. It carried a great deal of prestige.

The Recorder of London is a senior Circuit Judge sitting at the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey). The office has an ancient association with the City of London.

Since the Courts Act of 1971, the system has been put on a statutory footing and some new positions have been created (for example, Redbridge[3]). They are now usually filled by full-time judges as a recognition of seniority. To distinguish them from the modern system of part-time Recorderships (see below) which was set up in 1971, historic and full-time Recorders are now usually designated "Honorary Recorders" but are usually styled "The Recorder of Anytown" i.e. the name of the city or borough which has conferred the title. Slightly confusingly, due to the reorganisation of court buildings and the districts and circuits which have been relocated into them, especially where local government reorganisation has occurred at the same time, such titles although bestowed by one Council may be held by the Senior Resident Judge sitting in another borough; a leading example is that The Recorder of Westminster presides at Southwark Crown Court.

http://everything.explained.today/Recorder_(judge)/


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A SENIOR judge will be appointed to the position of Honorary Recorder for Oxford next week.

Judge Ian Pringle will be appointed by Oxford City Council to replace the current Honorary Recorder Judge Gordon Risius, who has held the position since 2011.

The position of Honorary Recorder is purely ceremonial but it is considered an important public role and the holder is invited to many of Oxford’s civic events such as Remembrance Sunday and the Lord Mayor’s Christmas reception.

It dates back to the system of Quarter Sessions and Courts Assize, which dealt with the most serious cases before 1971 when they were abolished and replaced with the present Crown Court system.
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/11488815.Judge_Pringle_set...