The place where a judge sits in court - what is it called isn't it called a stand or something?

It is technically the bench - but this term is never used in daily court business. The more common term - 'the stand' - is where witnesses stand to give testimony. In some systems the accused will sit in 'the dock' - however this practice has difficulties when witnesses are asked to identify the person they saw commit the crime (i.e. "It's that man behind bars with two police officers beside them")