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Welcome to the website for the Office for Judicial Complaints

The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 gives the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice joint responsibility for the system for considering and determining complaints about the personal conduct of all judicial office holders in England and Wales and some judicial office holders who sit in Tribunals in Scotland and Northern Ireland.  The OJC was set up on the 3rd April 2006, to handle these complaints and provide advice and assistance to the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice in the performance of their joint role.

On this site you will find information about the types of complaints that we can deal with, how the complaints system works, the role of the OJC and what to do if you are considering making a complaint about the personal conduct of a judicial office holder.

This site also contains a number of useful links to other organisations that may be able to help or assist you with your complaint.

We hope that you will find this website both informative and useful.

Update 13 July 2012: Online complaint form

Please be aware that our online complaint form will not function properly between the hours of 2:30am and 4:00am.

Update 9 October 2012: Judge Constance Briscoe

The Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor have suspended Constance Briscoe from the judiciary pending the outcome of the police investigation into the allegations against her.

Update 6 February 2013: Coroner Peter Straker

As part of the OJC's investigation into complaints made against Dr Peter Straker, the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice have suspended Dr Straker from office pending the conclusion of its investigation.

Update 5 April 2013: HHJ Keen

We are aware of a number of concerns about the alleged sentencing remarks made by HHJ Roger Keen in the case of R v Sheard. These are being looked at and the results of our investigations will be placed on this website in due course.