This page displays documents we have recently published. You can view earlier documents on our archived website, including:
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Judicial Skills and Abilities Framework (JSAF) – non-legal roles
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Framework for all non-legal recruitment exercises launching after October 2025.
Judicial Skills and Abilities Framework (JSAF) – legal roles
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Framework for all legal exercises launching after October 2025.
Annual report and accounts 2024-25
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This document outlines the JAC’s performance from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 alongside audited accounts for the year.
Diversity update – July 2025
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Detailing our ongoing work to attract and better prepare potential candidates from under-represented groups for judicial appointments.
Diversity of the judiciary: Legal professions, new appointments and current post-holders – 2025 Statistics
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The Judicial Diversity Forum, chaired by the JAC, has today published the annual Diversity of the judiciary: Legal professions, new appointments and current post-holders – 2025 Statistics.
Judicial salaried part-time working policy
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This policy document applies to salaried judicial office holders to whom Lord Chancellor terms & conditions apply. It sets out the Lord Chancellor’s policy for salaried part-time working.
Guidance on demonstrating legal JSAF skills and abilities
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Document contains positive and negative examples of how to provide evidence against the skills and abilities in the unified Judicial Skills and Abilities Framework (JSAF).
JAC Business Plan 2025-26
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The JAC has published its 2025/26 Business Plan, the second year of the wider JAC Business Strategy that was published in May 2024.