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Consider the conduct of the judges in these instances. What grounds would justify, and what mechanisms would be available for, their dismissal in each case, if it were appropriate?
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B. Consider the conduct of the judges in these instances. What grounds would justify, and what mechanisms would be available for, their dismissal in each case, if it were appropriate? When assessing the grounds and procedure for the dismissal of members of the judiciary it is important to establish exactly who the judiciary is. Schedule 5 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 lists the judiciary of the UK including the Lord Justice Clerk, judges of the Court of Session, sheriff principals and sheriffs. By examining the three situations outlined in the question it is intended to display the grounds and procedures that are required for the dismissal of the different levels of the Scottish judiciary. The first situation involves a sheriff and it is this case that I now turn to. The grounds for possible dismissal must be established in the first situation concerning a sheriff. The issue which...
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