Ríkharður  +  298647 Tue, 28 Nov 06 11:02 PM Hi. I'm translating a law document and I'm not sure how the Judge should be addressed. I have to use the British "system", so is it Sir Judge? What if the Judge is a woman, Madam Judge? And when writing a sentence with those terms is it correct to say something like "I ask you Sir Judge"? Thanks in advance. Ríkharður Joined on Tue, Nov 28 2006 Lisbon, Portugal New Member 05 Die Liebe wird eine Krankheit wenn man es wie seine Heilung sieht.

	Clive  +  298667 Wed, 29 Nov 06 12:44 AM Hi, As a layman, I'm not sure what is the proper term, but 'Sir Judge' is definitely wrong. Perhaps 'Your worship' or 'My Lord'. I believe it depends on the type of judge and the type of court. eg is it a mere Justice of the Peace, or a High Court Judge? Best wishes, Clive PS - You got me interested, so I looked on the net, and found this site. Have a look for all the details. http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about_judiciary/forms_of_address/index. Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,628 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Ríkharður  +  299008 Wed, 29 Nov 06 10:48 PM  Clive wrote: Hi, As a layman, I'm not sure what is the proper term, but 'Sir Judge' is definitely wrong. Perhaps 'Your worship' or 'My Lord'. I believe it depends on the type of judge and the type of court. eg is it a mere Justice of the Peace, or a High Court Judge? Best wishes, Clive PS - You got me interested, so I looked on the net, and found this site. Have a look for all the details. http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about_judiciary/forms_of_address/index. Thanks for replying It's a fairly normal judicial court dealing with common crimes which led me to think the judge rank corresponds to a district judge (not very high), hence my inclination to think it's "sir" or "madam". I saw that stated on Wikipedia by the end of this page under "Titles": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge. That's also indicated in the link you provided, but is it that wrong to use those terms? Ríkharður

	Clive  +  299043 Thu, 30 Nov 06 12:20 AM Hi again, It seems to differ depending on whether you are addressing the judge in person or in writing. Clive Clive

	Ríkharður  +  299368 Thu, 30 Nov 06 11:23 PM  Clive wrote: Hi again, It seems to differ depending on whether you are addressing the judge in person or in writing. Clive Yes, that's right. Thanks for the tips and for the link I guess I'll use "sir" and "madam" then. Ríkharður

	julielai  +  299449 Fri, 01 Dec 06 06:36 AM Yes, I seem to remember Rumpole calling the judge "my lord". julielai Joined on Sun, Oct 24 2004 Senior Member 3,827 Just another blogger (http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/julie-lai)