Seniority of judges
5 Seniority of judges
The Chief Justice is the senior judge of the court.
The resident judges are senior to the additional judges and the acting judges.
The additional judges are senior to the acting judges.
The resident judges (other than the Chief Justice) have seniority as between themselves—
according to the dates their respective commissions took effect; or
if the commissions of 2 or more of them took effect on the same date—according to the precedence assigned to them by their respective commissions.
The additional judges have seniority as between themselves—
according to the dates their respective commissions took effect; or
if the commissions of 2 or more of them took effect on the same date—according to the precedence assigned to them by their respective commissions.
The acting judges have seniority as between themselves—
according to the dates their respective commissions took effect; or
if the commissions of 2 or more of them took effect on the same date—according to the precedence assigned to them by their respective commissions.
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