Possible Clues:

• Qualified person puts heart of case to judge - her?
• Does the local one sit on an ale-bench?
• Maigret sat out, like one on the bench
• A point, right, admitted by friend gets legal authority
• One on the bench is bitter being kept back in lively game
• I say Margaret is not gay, your worship
• Judge publication first by value
• Judge some apple tarts I gamely served up
• Sorcerer arrests first traitor getting justice
• Judge publication top class?