Eligible Pool in United Kingdom

Eligible pool in relation with the Courts and Tribunals in England

The eligible pool is an approximation of the number of people who are able to meet the job-specific entry requirements laid down for that particular judicial post, including both statutory requirements and the additional selection criteria. Different eligible pools are used, depending on the availability of the data and type of appointment involved. All judicial posts have statutory minimum entry requirements and the eligible pools reflect these. For example, for legal appointments that require no judicial experience we have calculated the eligible pool based on years of professional qualification using data supplied by CILEx, the Law Society of England and Wales and the Bar Council. For legal appointments requiring judicial experience, we have used the appropriate data relating to existing fee-paid or salaried judicial groups as published on the website for the Judiciary of England and Wales.