Some classes of cases, such as intellectual property disputes and exchequer causes, are heard by designated judges.

A designated judge decides whether the rider is eliminated or not and if he is, the judge decides when.

Gun courts, where a designated judge handles most cases involving illegal gun possession, have been set up since 2003 in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.

The stay was later lifted by the Court in January 2011 and the designated judge announced that he shall pronounce the judgement on 22 February 2011.

In both cases there are designated judges who compare the videos, either by the theme, the timing or overall production quality of the videos made during the competition.

Prior to that, he was the designated judge of the TADA court that dealt with the 1993 Bombay Bombings case.

On October 7, 1997, the Secretary of the Army designated Judge Greene as Honorary Colonel of the Judge Advocate General's Corps Regiment.

The result is that the tens of thousands of cases require individual attention, or at best, can be combined in small groups or put on a faster track before designated judges known for their abilities for controlling cases.

This supportive advice now falls to be considered by the Lord Chancellor and the designated judges, alongside the advice from the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee which recommended that the application be rejected.

And the observer problem took care of itself when the designated judges simply refused to board the boats - they had been delegated to a spot on the transom under the boat's antennas and other electronics, and feared the possible exposure to radiation.