retirement & dismissal

Cards (8)

  • 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