The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) are an independent office which supports the Lord Chancellor and Lady Chief Justice in considering complaints about the personal conduct of judicial office holders.
It was established in 2006, following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, which reformed the way in which judges are appointed, disciplined and removed from office.
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‘The commissioner’s decision is that the JCIO is not a statutory body. He finds that the JCIO is part of the MoJ which is a public authority for the purposes of FOIA. By failing to confirm whether it held the requested information within 20 working days, the MoJ has breached sections 1(1)(a) and 10(1) of FOIA.’
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office must comply with FoI requests
Rules and Regulations
- Misconduct and Recommending Sanctions
- The Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2023
- The Judicial Conduct Rules 2023
- The Judicial Conduct (Magistrates) Rules 2023
- The Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2014
- Judicial Conduct (Magistrates) Rules 2014
- Judicial Conduct (Judicial) Rules 2014
- Judicial Conduct (Tribunals) Rules 2014
- Judicial Conduct (Tribunals) (Amendment of Offices) Rules 2017
- Employment Tribunal (Scotland) – Making a complaint of Judicial Misconduct about an Employment Judge
How to Complain
The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office can only deal with complaints about the personal conduct of judicial office holders. This means that they cannot accept complaints about a judge’s decision or the way a judge has managed a case.
The JCIO Making A Complaint website contains all the details along with the link to the JCIO portal.
Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) – 2004
Before the establishment of the JCIO, the responsibility for investigating complaints against judges rested with the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC), which was established in 2004. The OJC was a part of the Ministry of Justice and had the power to investigate complaints made against judges in England and Wales.
However, the OJC was widely criticized for being insufficiently independent and for lacking transparency. In response to these criticisms, the government established the JCIO in 2006 as an independent body to investigate complaints against judges.
Judicial Complaints Investigation Bureau (JCIB) -1991
Before the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) was established in 2004, the responsibility for investigating complaints against judges in England and Wales rested with the Judicial Complaints Investigation Bureau (JCIB), which was created in 1991.
The JCIB was a division of the Lord Chancellor’s Department (which later became the Ministry of Justice), and it was responsible for investigating complaints about the personal conduct of judges. However, the JCIB was criticized for being insufficiently independent and for lacking transparency, particularly following a high-profile case in 1993 involving a judge who was found to have used racist language.
JCIO Powers
The JCIO is responsible for investigating complaints about the personal conduct of judges, as well as their professional conduct. It has the power to investigate complaints made by members of the public, legal professionals, and other judges.
The JCIO’s investigations are carried out by a team of investigators who are independent of the judiciary.
Overall, the establishment of the JCIO was seen as an important step in ensuring the independence and integrity of the judiciary in England and Wales.
Disciplinary Statements
You can check if a a judge has had any disciplinary action against them as Disciplinary statements are published on the JCIO website and are sorted by year.
The JCIO publication policy states that a statement will normally be published when a disciplinary sanction has been issued to a judicial office-holder for misconduct.
The Lady 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 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: [email protected]
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.
JCIO Publication Policy
JCIO Disciplinary Statements 2026/2027
- Mr Paul Gibson JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 12/26
- Mrs Jacqueline Caldwell-Barr JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 11/26
- Tribunal Judge Stephen Reeder – JCIO Investigation Statement 10/26
- District Judge Joanne Redmond – JCIO Investigation Statement 09/26
- District Judge Allan Pickup – JCIO Investigation Statement 08/26
- Employment Judge Simon Loy – JCIO Investigation Statement 07/26
- Ms Shanelle Nwanaebi JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 06/26
- Upper Tribunal Judge Jonathan Perkins – JCIO Investigation Statement 05/26
- Tribunal Judge David Roberts – JCIO Investigation Statement 04/26
- Mrs Christine Parry JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 03/26
- Ms Neelam Saddique JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 02/26
- Mrs Adele Rugen JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 01/26
- Miss Louise Hall JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 103/25
- Employment Judge Stephen Shore – JCIO Investigation Statement 102/25
- His Honour Judge Richard Roberts – JCIO Investigation Statement 101/25
- Mr Simon Fawthrop JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 100/25
- Mr Justice Derek Sweeting – JCIO Investigation Statement 99/25
- Mr William Wells JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 98/25
- Mr Benjamin Gravestock JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 97/25
JCIO Disciplinary Statements 2025/2026
- Tribunal Judge Alex Hobbs – JCIO Investigation Statement 96/25
- Mr Alfred Bean JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 95/25
- Mr Robert Waugh JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 94/25
- Ms Rachel Onikosi JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 93/25
- Ms Fiona Williams JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 92/25
- Mr Gurdev Dadral JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 91/25
- Tribunal Judge Mohammed Bashir – JCIO Investigation Statement 90/25
- Ms Jocelyn Harrow JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 89/25
- Mr Kenneth Joe JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 88/25
- Mr Andrew Kerr JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 87/25
- Mr Derek Muhammad JP – JCIO Investigations Statement 85/25
- Mr Nicholas Letherby JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 84/25
- Mr Adrian Kermode JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 83/25
- Mr Morris Suckall JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 82/25
- Employment Judge Richard Nicolle – JCIO Investigation Statement 81/25
- Ms Michelle Bevan-Margetts JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 80/25
- Assistant Coroner Louise Wiltshire – JCIO Investigation Statement 79/25
- Dr Jane Dewar – JCIO Investigation Statement 78/25
- Employment Judge Paul Cadney – JCIO Investigation Statement 77/25
- Mr Lascelles Haughton JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 76/25
- Mr David Whitehead JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 75/25
- District Judge (Magistrates Court) Stephen Leake – JCIO Investigation Statement 74/25
- Mr John Parfitt JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 73/25
- Mrs Roberta Hall JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 72/25
- Mr Steven Kinchington JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 71/25
- Mrs Nicola Walker JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 70/25
- Mrs Rebecca Reeves JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 69/25
- Mr Sarfraz Uddin JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 68/25
- Miss Jennifer Reay JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 67/25
- District Judge Colin Bosman – JCIO Investigation Statement 66/25
- Miss Angela Cahill JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 65/25
- Mr Mark Lenderyou JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 64/25
- Employment Judge Philip Lancaster – JCIO Investigation Statement 63/25
- Recorder David Mason KC – JCIO Investigation Statement 62/25
- Mr Nick Johnston JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 61/25
- Assistant Coroner Hannah Mettam – JCIO Investigation Statement 60/25
- Craig Rydqvist JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 59/25
- Clive Powell JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 58/25
- Evelyn McCann JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 57/25
- Mrs Jill Clarke JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 56/25
- District Judge (Magistrates Court) Leo Pyle – JCIO Investigation Statement 55/25
- Employment Judge Laura Howden-Evans – JCIO Investigation Statement 54/25
- Mrs Madeleine Bonser JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 53/25
- Mrs Jane Taylor JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 52/25
- Dr Anna Duke – JCIO Investigation Statement 51/25
- Ms Susan Kelly JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 50/25
- Ms Kate Waghorn JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 49/25
- Ms Gillian Sebright JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 48/25
- Dr Amy Delicate JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 47/25
- Mr Michael Muldoon JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 46/25
- Mr John Garforth JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 45/25
- Ms Nicola Baldwin JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 44/25
- Mr Andrew Dawson JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 43/25
- Mrs Marisa Austin-Knowles – JCIO Investigation Statement 42/25
- Dr Sujata Chadha – JCIO Investigation Statement 41/25
- Her Honour Judge Fiona Shanks – JCIO Investigation Statement 40/25
- Employment Judge Catrin Lewis – JCIO Investigation Statement 39/25
- Mr Ramesh Nayak JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 38/75
- Recorder Paul Kirtley – JCIO Investigation Statement 37/25
- Mr David Armitage JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 34/25
- Mr Joe Bangudu JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 33/25
- Mrs Angela Bradshaw JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 32/25
- Deputy District Judge Michael Horton KC – JCIO Investigation Statement 31/25
- Miss Linda Hill JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 30/25
- Mr Martin Dominique JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 29/25
- Mrs Shirley Holmes JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 28/25
- Her Honour Judge Martine Kushner – JCIO Investigation Statement 27/25
- Mr Edmund Sutton JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 26/25
- Mr Alfred Bean JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 25/25
- Mr Terry Regan JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 24/25
- Mr Peter Chapman JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 23/25
- Mrs Sharanjit Sandhu JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 22/25
- Mrs Fiona Jones JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 21/25
- Ms Amie Canham JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 20/25
- Mr Robert Walker JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 19/25
- Senior Coroner Caroline Sumeray – JCIO Investigation Statement 18/25
- Recorder James Howlett – JCIO Investigation Statement 17/25
- Deputy District Judge Danny Glaser – JCIO Investigation Statement 16/25
- Her Honour Judge Kharin Cox – JCIO Investigation Statement 15/25
- Ms Abiola Onatade JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 14/25
- Mrs Karen Earnshaw JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 13/25
- Mrs Jane Greasley JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 12/25
- District Judge Christopher Falvey – JCIO Investigation Statement 11/25
- Mrs Susanna Craig JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 10/25
- District Judge Christopher Falvey – JCIO Investigation Statement 09/25
- Dr Charles Jumbo JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 08/25
- Non-legal Tribunal Member Mr Mark Harding – JCIO Investigation Statement 07/25
- Mr Anderson Jordan JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 06/25
- Mrs Christine Parry JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 05/25
- Mr Andrew York JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 04/25
- Employment Judge Gary Denis Tobin – JCIO Investigation Statement 03/25
JCIO Disciplinary Statements 2024/2025
- Tribunal Judge Jenna McKinney – JCIO Investigation Statement 02/25
- Mr Mark Gray JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 119/24
- Employment Judge Richard Nicolle – JCIO Investigation Statement 118/24
- Reverend Terence Young JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 117/24
- Deputy District Judge James Lewis – JCIO Investigation Statement 116/24
- Deputy District Judge Daniel Dodd – JCIO Investigation Statement 115/24
- Deputy District Judge Emily May Windsor – JCIO Investigation Statement 114/24
- Mr Michael Berry JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 113/24
- Russell Blake JP -JCIO Investigation Statement 112/24
- Mr Graham Curry JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 111/24
- Mr Mohammad Hussain JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 110/24
- Mr Ahmed Azam JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 109/24
- Mrs Justice McGowan DBE – JCIO Investigation Statement 108/24
- Deputy District Judge Toby Hales – JCIO Investigation Statement 107/24
- Mr Adrian Jones JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 105/24
- Mr Martin Dominique JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 104/24
- Mr Richard Giugno JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 103/24
- District Judge Colin Bosman (‘DJ Bosman’) – JCIO Investigation Statement 102/24
- Ms Virginia Claire Jackson JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 101/24
- Mr Abdul Malik JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 100/24
- Employment Judge Liam Varnam (EJ Varnam) – JCIO Investigation Statement 99/24
- Mrs Jane Bailey JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 98/24
- Ms Susan Holcroft JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 97/24
- Miss Panama Jahan JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 96/24
- Miss Catherine Burns JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 95/24
- Miss Nina Reinach JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 94/24
- Miss Hilary Whiteway JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 92/24
- Mr Michael Barnes JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 91/24
- Mr Edwin Hastings-Smith JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 90/24
- Ms Justine Dyson JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 89/24
- Mr Kirk Master JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 88/24
- District Judge Alison Griffiths – JCIO Investigation Statement 87/24
- District Judge Franklin Evans – JCIO Investigation Statement 86/24
- District Judge Denise Saunders – JCIO Investigation Statement 85/24
- Dr Andrew Easton – JCIO Investigation Statement 84/24
- Mr Jonathan Dannatt JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 83/24
- Ms Valerie Humphrey JP -JCIO Investigation Statement 82/24
- Mr Daniel Barker JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 81/24
- Mr Joseph Lindo JP – JCIO Investigation Statement 80/24
- 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
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