The Court is composed of the Chief Justice of Canada and eight puisne justices. The chief justice receives $370,300 while the puisne justices receive $342,800 annually. If the Chief Justice is absent, the senior puisne judge presides. By tradition, a new chief justice is chosen from among the Court's incumbent puisne justices. Any participating division is represented by its Presiding Justice and two puisne judges. Justice Sir Herbert Batty, a puisne judge of the High Court of Bombay. High Court judges are referred to as puisne (pronounced "puny") judges. The court is presided by the Chief Justice, and is composed of puisne judges. Judges of the court are made up of eight puisne judges and the Chief Justice. The Barons consisted of a Chief Baron of the Exchequer and several puisne ("inferior") barons. In 1827 Robinson had a disagreement with John Walpole Willis, a puisne judge. The court consisted of the chief justice and not more than four puisne judges. It began with a Chief Justice and two puisne judges. He then became a puisne judge and finally an Appeal Court Judge in 1963. The Chief Baron had two clerks, while the puisne Barons had one each.