His comments on the qualities impressed me as both practical and refreshing. Here are just a few of them. They must be carefully and rigorously assessed. They are a necessary condition for appointment but not themselves a sufficient one. Sometimes people who are too learned in the law may not be suitable - they may be too pedantic, or not able to see the wood for the trees.
Judges have to work hard.
Lazy Judges are no use. The bench is not a place of refuge from hard work. Some practitioners may regard it that way and this tendency needs to be guarded against. Lawyers suffering from burnout should not be made judges. People who are dilatory practitioners will be slow judges.