2005, he led an inquiry for the Commission for Racial Equality into how the police forces of England and Wales deal with racism within their ranks. The inquiry reported in March 2005. At a press conference, Calvert-Smith said that "willingness to change at the top is not translating into action lower down, particularly in middle-management where you find the ice in the heart of the Police Service." On 11 January 2005, Calvert-Smith was appointed as a judge of the High Court. Retirement Calvert-Smith retired from the High Court (Queen's Bench Division) on 30 September 2012. References 1945 births Living people Alumni of King's College, Cambridge People educated at Eton College English King's Counsel Directors of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales) 21st-century English judges Knights Bachelor Members of the Middle Temple Queen's Bench Division judges 20th-century King's Counsel