Here are a few examples of dodgy judges, otherwise known as rogue judges, that have been dismissed, disciplined, resigned or been badly behaved. Some judges even managed to get criminal convictions.
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In my opinion, these judges are almost as questionable as the Sussex Family Justice Board and the Sussex judges HHJ Farquhar, HHJ Bedford and HHJ Lusty !
- Judge Constance Briscoe was dismissed from the judiciary in 2014 after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice. She was sentenced to 16 months in prison for lying to the police during an investigation into former cabinet minister Chris Huhne’s speeding points.
Reference: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28675376
- Judge Peter Smith resigned in 2016 after the JCIO began investigating Smith’s conduct in July 2015 about a matter involving British Airways and his luggage.
Reference : https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/conduct-probe-into-high-court-judge-ends-with-retirement/5063448.article
- Judge Beatrice Bolton. The Crown Court judge who was convicted of failing to control a dangerous dog will face no further disciplinary action after she handed in her resignation..
Reference : https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/judge-beatrice-bolton-quits-after-1340889
4. Judge Heather Perrin was dismissed from the judiciary in 2012 after being found guilty of professional misconduct for deceiving a client in a property deal.
Reference: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20525832
5. Deputy Senior District Judge Tanweer Ikram CBE was issued with a formal warning for misconduct by the JCIO.
The Deputy Chief Magistrate of England and Wales inadvertent ‘liking’ of a post had resulted in a perception of bias. The Lord Chancellor and the Lady Chief Justice were not satisfied that a sanction of formal advice was sufficient in this case as he had caused “significant reputational damage to the judiciary”.
JCIO Disciplinary Statements 2024/2025
- Mr Gary Morgan JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 79/24
- Mr David Payne JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 78/24
- Nargis Alsadiq JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 77/24
- Tribunal Judge Jonathan Perkins – JCIO Investigation Statement 76/24
- Elizabeth Slamer JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 75/24
- Mr Thomas Rock JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 74/24
- Dr Atul Gandecha JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 73/24
- Employment Judge David Khan – JCIO Investigation Statement 72/24
- Mr Richard Whitehouse – JCIO Investigation Statement 71/24
- District Judge Michael Nicholson – JCIO Investigation Statement 70/24
- District Judge Keeley Bishop – JCIO Investigation Statement 69/24
- Dr Elizabeth Wooffinden – JCIO Investigation Statement 68/24
- Mr Mohammed Najib – JCIO Investigation Statement 67/24
- Miss Fazila Karolia – JCIO Investigation Statement 66/24
- District Judge (Magistrates Court) Stephen Leake – JCIO Investigation Statement 65/24
- Recorder Yvette Genn – JCIO Investigation Statement 64/24
- Recorder Edward Renvoize – JCIO Investigation Statement 63/24
- Mr Phillip Roberts – JCIO Investigation Statement 62/24
- Mr Jeremy Betts JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 61/24
- Tribunal Judge Lynn Griffin – JCIO Investigation Statement 60/24
- Deputy District Judge Sarah Ellis – JCIO Investigation Statement 59/24
- Mr Alistair Borland JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 58/24
- Recorder Simon Bickler – JCIO Statement 57/24
- Mr Keith O’Brien – JCIO Investigation Statement 56/24
- Miss Tessa Smith JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 55/24
- Ms Lynn Killoran JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 54/24
- His Honour Judge Martin Davis – JCIO Investigation Statement 52/24
- Dr Rajay Arora JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 50/24
- Mrs Jean Banford JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 49/24
- Mr Michael Woodhouse JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 48/24
- Dr Simon Ward – JCIO Investigation Statement 47/24
- Senior Coroner Martin Fleming – JCIO Investigation Statement 46/24
- Mrs Jayne Harding JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 45/24
- Mr Manjit Cheema JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 44/24
- Insolvency and Companies Court (ICC) Judge Catherine Burton – JCIO Investigation Statement 43/24
- Assistant Coroner Heath Westerman – JCIO Investigation Statement 42/24
- Mr Justice Marcus Smith – JCIO Investigation Statement 41/24
- Deputy District Judge Dinshaw Printer – JCIO Investigation Statement 40/24
- Mr Timothy Nathan JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 38/24
- Mr Jeremy Purkis – JCIO Investigation Statement 37/24
- His Honour Judge Steven Everett – JCIO Investigation Statement 36/24
- Mr Richard Morris JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 35/24
- Deputy District Judge Adrian White – JCIO Investigation Statement 34/24
- Ms Natalia Schiffrin JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 33/24
- Mrs Anne Toomer JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 32/24
- Mr Timothy Vogel JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 31/24
- Mr Charles Peck JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 30/24
- Deputy Senior District Judge Tanweer Ikram – JCIO Investigation Statement 29/24
- Mr Justice Picken – JCIO Investigation Statement 28/24
- Mr Justin Johnson JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 27/24
- Declan Ball JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 26/24
- Recorder Andrew Tidbury – JCIO Investigation Statement 25/24
- Ms Shaistah Zeidan JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 24/24
- Mr Andrew Sturgess JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 23/24
- Mrs Ijeoma McDougall JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 22/24
- District Judge Najma Mian – JCIO Investigation Statement 21/24
- Don Wicks JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 20/24
- Mr Nicholas Preston – JCIO Investigation Statement 19/24
- Robert Gonouya JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 18/24
- Mr Justice Francis – JCIO Investigation Statement 17/24
JCIO Disciplinary Statements 2023/2024
- Recorder Simon Myerson – JCIO Investigation Statement 16/24
- Crawford Kingsnorth JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 15/24
- District Judge Stephen Harmes – JCIO Investigation Statement 14/24
- His Honour Judge Nigel Gerald – JCIO Investigation Statement 13/24
- District Judge Melanie Hay – JCIO Investigation Statement 12/24
- His Honour Judge Luba – JCIO Investigation Statement 11/24
- Mr Raymond Wood JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 10/24
- Mr Imtiaz Ahmed JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 09/24
- Mr Karl McLeish JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 08/24
- Mrs Brenda Bruce JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 07/24
- Mr Ben Walker JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 06/24
- Mr Paul Michell – JCIO Investigation Statement 05/24
- Mr Aaron Agboola JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 04/24
- Deputy District Judge Marian Lynch – JCIO Investigation Statement 03/24
- Patrick Weekes JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 02/24
- Mr Justice Edward Murray – JCIO Investigation Statement 01/24
- Mr Kevin McNicholas – JCIO Investigation Statement 41/23
- Laurence Davis JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 40/23
- Sabrina Malik JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 39/23
- Mohammad Usman Khan JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 38/23
- Grant Roberts JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 37/23
- Brian Lawn JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 36/23
- Tribunal Member Dr Malcolm Davies – JCIO Investigation Statement 35/23
- Dr Aaron Borbora JP– JCIO Investigation Statement 34/23
- Stephen Clements JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 33/23
- Mr David Cartwright-Powell – JCIO Investigation Statement 32/23
- Elisabeth Oats JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 31/23
- Lord Justice Clive Lewis – JCIO Investigation Statement 30/23
- Mr Justice Derek Sweeting – JCIO Investigation Statement 29/23
- Dr Christopher Pearson – JCIO Investigation Statement 28/23
- Jennifer Larkin JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 27/23
- Mr Richard Curry JP- JCIO Investigation Statement 25/23
- Judge Martin Brewer – JCIO Investigation Statement 24/23
- Nic Woods JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 23/23
- His Honour Judge Michael Slater – JCIO Investigation Statement 22/23
- Shushil Rai JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 21/23
- Dr John Stevens – JCIO Investigation Statement 20/23
- Jaganmohan Ramachandran JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 19/23
- Deputy District Judge Adam Tear – JCIO Investigation Statement 18/23
- Joanne Varley JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 17/23
- District Judge Sarah Walker – JCIO Investigation Statement 16/23
- Richard Goodwin JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 15/23
- Adrian Tasker JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 14/23
- Dr John Bennett– JCIO Investigation Statement 13/23
- Sasere Obaseki JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 12/23
- Jennifer Denton JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 11/23
- Abigail Buckingham JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 10/23
- Fiona Western JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 09/23
- His Honour Judge Andrew Easteal – JCIO Investigation Statement 08/23
- Mrs Olive Leighton JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 07/23
- Danny Goodchild JP– JCIO Investigation Statement 06/23
- Ken Stammers JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 05/23
- Ansar Hussain JP– JCIO Investigation Statement 04/23
- Jeb Singh JP– JCIO Investigation Statement 03/23
- Yu Tan JP– JCIO Investigation Statement 02/23
- Neale Murphy JP– JCIO Investigation Statement 01/23
JCIO Disciplinary Statements are published by year on the JCIO website
A statement will normally be published when a disciplinary sanction has been issued to a judicial office-holder for misconduct.
The Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor may decide jointly to:
- issue a statement in any case;
- decline to issue a statement in any case;
- delete a statement prior to the expiration of the relevant publication period.
Publication Periods
Statements published before 22 August 2022
Statements about cases which resulted in a sanction below removal from office will be deleted after one year. Statements about cases which resulted in removal from office will be deleted after five years.
Statements published from 22 August 2022
The following publication periods apply to statements published from 22 August 2022. Following the outcome of the 2020-22 review of the disciplinary system, statements now contain more detail. The JCIO privacy notice has been updated to reflect this change.
Sanction Imposed Publication Period Formal Advice Two Years Formal Warning Four Years Reprimand Six Years Removal from Office (except for failure to meet minimum sitting requirements) Indefinite Removal from Office for failure to meet minimum sitting requirements Five years JCIO Sanctions and Publication Period Requesting a Copy of a Deleted Statement
A copy of any statement which has been deleted following expiration of its publication period can be requested by emailing: general.enquiries@judicialconduct.gov.uk
Requesters must state the name of the office-holder. It will also help to locate statements if requesters give as much information as possible about the nature of the conduct for which the office-holder received a disciplinary sanction, and the year in which they believe the statement was published.
JCIO aims to reply to all requests for deleted statements within 10 working days.
Disciplinary Statements – JCIO
These example only represent a small fraction of judicial misconduct cases in the UK. These cases demonstrate the importance of judicial ethics and the need for accountability within the justice system.
The importance of maintaining high ethical standards in the UK judiciary cannot be overstated, and the consequences that judges may face if they engage in misconduct.
While it is important to hold judges accountable for their actions, instances of judges being dismissed for misconduct are relatively rare.
It is worth noting that the vast majority of judges in the UK are ethical and diligent in carrying out their duties. When instances of misconduct do occur, they are usually dealt with through disciplinary proceedings or other forms of corrective action.
Complain about a judge to the JCIO ?
The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) are an independent office which supports the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice in considering complaints about the personal conduct of judicial office holders.
JCIO Complaint
Here is the complaint I made to the JCIO in November 2020 against DDJ Mills (Deputy District Judge Mills) that was unfortunately dismissed.
a) Was “rude and condescending” and spelt out his name M-I-L-L-S, he:
• “Appeared to have superiority complex by the language used”. He spelt out his name in “an incredibly patronising way”.
• Stated, “I suggest you continue your studies in English Law Mr Watts as you appear to know nothing“.
Amnesia ?
DDJ Mills and Miss Eleanor Harriet Battie of 1 Crown Office Reach (1COR) both appear to have suffered from amnesia. Deputy District Judge Chris Mills continues to sit (fee paid) and inflict himself on the public.
Fortunately for both of them the Court failed in its legal duty to record the hearing. How convenient ! Hearings at the Crown Court and at civil and family courts are always recorded.
“Having searched all the BT Meet Me recordings for the 1st of October it is unfortunate that I have to advise you that there must have been a technical glitch on that day and your hearing was not recorded.“
Brighton County and Family Courts Court Clerk and Court Usher manager
“a particular burden on the court and herself, as an officer of the court, to ensure that everyone involved understood clearly what was being said.”
Eleanor Battie Barrister JCIO
This statement is clearly untrue and misleading
“In the UK, barristers are not officers of the court unlike solicitors”.
It is possible that the JCIO misquoted Miss Battie, but as a barrister Eleanor Battie is bound by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) rules and code of conduct. Ms Battie, I believe, had a duty to immediately apologise for misleading the JCIO and to correct the record. I do not believe that this ever happened.
In my opinion, this is shameful behaviour or legal ignorance by the barrister Eleanor Battie and no doubt in breach of the Bar Standards Handbook 4.8
“Publicity is the very soul of justice. . . . It keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial….Where there is no publicity there is no justice”
Jeremy Bentham – Mr Justice Cobb: ‘Justice must be seen to be done’
Check out the articles on His Honour Now His Dishonour, His Honour Judge Michael Slater, His Honour Judge Martin Davis, HHJ Farquhar, HHJ Bedford, DDJ Nicholes, Can you Criticise a Judge, Can you Email a Judge ? and the highly dubious Sussex Family Justice Board.
Fair dealing for criticism, review or quotation is allowed for any type of copyright work. All sources acknowledged. Article updated 13th September 2024 to update latest JCIO Disciplinary Statements.
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Dodgy Judges was last updated on the 11th December 2024
