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retirement & dismissal
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what is the retirement age for a judge?
75
what act decided the retirement age?
public service pensions & judicial offices act 2022
what age did lord denning retire at?
83
what is the security of tenure?
no
risk of
removal
just because gov doesn't agree with a judge's decisions
give the example for security of tenure
2013
- judge
peter bowers
refused jail for paedophile saying "he'd have a hard time in prison"
can judges be dismissed? if so by who?
yes -
judicial conduct investigations office
give an example of a judge that was dismissed
jason dunn-shaw
- called people "
donkeys
" if they disagreed with his verdicts
do inferior judges have the same level of security of tenure?
no -
LC
can dismiss if
incapacity
or
misbehaviour