A tribunal judge has been issued with formal advice after standing as a candidate in a local election
Tribunal Judge Satvinder Juss said he stood as a paper candidate without campaigning, distributing materials or referring to his judicial role. He had thought it was permissible for a fee-paid judge, sitting in retirement, to stand but subsequently accepted it was not, apologised and expressed regret.
A spokesperson for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said there was ‘no general prohibition on political activity for fee-paid judicial holders’ but they were ‘expected to refrain from any political activity which would conflict with their judicial role or be seen to compromise their impartiality’.
