English term (edited): senior master

I do not think you can do better than to copy the translation used in Canada, which appoints both "masters" and Judges to its High/Supreme Court in virtually the same way as in England.

He has also served as Commissioner of the Court of Revision and Master and Taxing Officer of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and
Labrador .
ocrt-bctr.gc.ca

Il a également agi à titre de commissaire à la cour de révision et de maître et officier taxateur à la Cour suprême de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.



He received a Honourary Doctor of Laws Degree, Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1989, and was appointed Master of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
in 1990.
article15.gc.ca

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droit de l'Université Memorial de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador en 1989 et a ensuite été nommé conseiller-maître de la Cour suprême de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
en 1990.
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A Master is judicial officer found in the courts of England and in numerous other jurisdictions based on the common law tradition. A master's jurisdiction is generally confined to civil proceedings and is a subset of that of a judge. Masters are typically involved in hearing motions, case management, dispute resolution or adjudication of specific issues referred by judges. Their functions would otherwise fall to the judges of the court.

Besides the courts of England & Wales, masters may be found in the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, several Caribbean countries and a number of Canadian provinces. Several state courts in the United States utilize masters or similar officers and also make extensive use of special masters.

Judicial officials exercising a master's jurisdiction are in some jurisdictions referred to as Registrars and Deputy Registrars.

I would not normally suggest 2 different answers but this word is also used in the Canadian court system

Protonotaire

Personne qui, à titre d'officier de justice, est responsable de l'administration d'un greffe de la Cour supérieure du Québec, lieu où l'on conserve les archives de ce tribunal et où sont déposés les actes de procédure soumis à cette cour, les pièces qui les appuient et les minutes des jugements. Elle exerce à la Cour supérieure les mêmes fonctions administratives que les greffiers rattachés aux autres tribunaux et peut rendre jugement dans des causes non contestées par la partie défenderesse, en vertu des pouvoirs judiciaires qui lui sont conférés ou en tant que substitut du juge. Elle doit rendre jugement de façon impartiale dans les causes dont elle s'occupe, en se fondant sur les lois existantes et sur une analyse rigoureuse des faits et des pièces justificatives.

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Les protonotaires sont nommés en vertu de la Loi sur les Cours fédérales (art. 12). Ils sont des officiers de justice de plein droit qui effectuent plusieurs fonctions et pouvoirs judiciaires des juges de la Cour fédérale. Leurs pouvoirs consistent, notamment, à agir comme médiateur, gérer des instances, entendre des requêtes (incluant celles qui peuvent régler de façon définitive un dossier, et ce, sans égard au montant en jeu dans ce dossier) et à entendre des causes visant des réclamations s’élevant à au plus de 50 000 $ (voir les articles 50, 382, et 383 au 387 des Règles des Cours fédérales.

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A Master is judicial officer found in the courts of England and in numerous other jurisdictions based on the common law tradition. A master's jurisdiction is generally confined to civil proceedings and is a subset of that of a judge. Masters are typically involved in hearing motions, case management, dispute resolution or adjudication of specific issues referred by judges. Their functions would otherwise fall to the judges of the court.

Besides the courts of England & Wales, masters may be found in the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, several Caribbean countries and a number of Canadian provinces. Several state courts in the United States utilize masters or similar officers and also make extensive use of special masters.

Judicial officials exercising a master's jurisdiction are in some jurisdictions referred to as Registrars and Deputy Registrars.



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In Canada the structure of the court system is primarily a provincial responsibility and the superior courts of the provinces have different names. Masters are found in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. There are part-time taxing masters in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. There is a similar office of prothonotary in the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island and in the Federal Court.

The jurisdiction of a Master is fixed by provincial statute and the rules of court. Masters are appointed by the provincial government. As a result, while Masters sit in a superior court, they do not have the “inherent jurisdiction” of the judges of those courts, who are appointed by the federal government and whose authority is derived from the Constitution of Canada and the Crown. Their jurisdiction is usually limited to procedural and Interlocutory matters heard in chambers. Masters commonly also sit as Registrars in Bankruptcy.

In the Federal Court of Canada, a judicial officer with much the same powers as a Master is called a Prothonotary.

Traditionally a Master is referred to as "Master Smith" or, in court, as "Master". In some jurisdictions, Masters are now referred to as "your honour".

Masters and Prothonotaries are independent judicial officers although they do not have the full level of security of tenure afforded to federally appointed judges.

In Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba, masters have the same terms of appointment as provincial judges. This was formerly the case in Ontario as well but after the High Court of Justice and District Courts were merged, in 1986 a new office of Case Management Master was created.

In Ontario Case Management Masters have all of the authority of traditional masters as well as additional jurisdiction to manage actions and engage in dispute resolution processes. They are appointed by Order in Council and can only be removed for cause by the Chief Justice following a formal disciplinary process.[3]

In Ontario the distinction between "chambers" and "court" has been abolished. When masters preside they sit as the court and their function is to perform tasks that would otherwise fall to superior court judges. Besides the jurisdiction to hear most interlocutory motions in civil matters, case management masters in Ontario also preside at status hearings, case conferences and pre-trials. They frequently act as referees to hear trials in construction lien matters, mortgage references or issues referred by judges. Case management masters also provide dispute resolution services and sit as Registrars in Bankruptcy.