Date released: 7 December 2005
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Information released:
Information provided at a press conference in June 2005 about judicial
discipline cases and the numbers of disciplinary actions taken by the
Lord Chancellor has been corrected. Previously, journalists were told
that 68 cases had resulted in some form of disciplinary action and that
11 cases had been referred to a senior judge for investigation; the
correct figures are 41 disciplinary actions and 10 cases having been
referred to a senior Judge.
Disciplinary
action against judicial office holders 
[PDF
38kb, 4 pages]
This letter explains the Lord Chancellor's decision that it is not in the public interest to disclose the detail of disciplinary action taken against individual judicial office holders and corrects previous information for 2004 about the total number of disciplinary actions taken and the number of cases referred to a senior Judge.
Disciplinary
action against judicial office holders [PDF
43kb, 5 pages]
This letter explains the Lord Chancellor's decision that it is not in the public interest to disclose the detail of disciplinary action taken against individual judicial office holders and corrects previous information for 2004 about the total number of disciplinary actions taken and the number of cases referred to a senior Judge.