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Sweeping misconduct away

Judges to have their public record wiped clean under new plans

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Joshua Rozenberg
Nov 16, 2021
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Judges sanctioned for the least serious forms of misconduct will have their public record wiped clean after as little as two years under proposals published yesterday on behalf of the lord chancellor and the lord chief justice.

Judges at Westminster Abbey last month

To be fair, this would be an improvement on the current arrangements for England and Wales…

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