article_snippet: A criminal charge of misconduct in public office can be brought when a public officer ‘wilfully misconducts a public officer ‘ to such a degree as to amount to an abuse of the public’s trust’.
article_snippet: London immigration judge Warren Grant, district judge Timothy Bowles of Romford county court and recorder Peter Bullock, who worked on the north-eastern circuit, were all sacked for viewing pornographic material.
article_snippet: An official statement said he had An official statementviewed similar inappropriate material via he judicial IT account’ and would have been removed from office
article_snippet: ‘had he not resigned before the conclusion of the disciplinary process’.
article_snippet: The dismissal of so many judges in one day – and behind closed doors – provoked disquiet in Westminster and among legal experts.
article_snippet: Three judges have been fired and one resigned after being caught watching porn on work computers .
article_snippet: A statement from the Investigations Office said the three men ‘have been removed from judicial office following an investigation into an allegation that the three men ‘ viewed pornographic material on judicial IT equipment in the three men ‘ offices.
article_snippet: A statement from the Investigations Office added that ‘the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice were satisfied that the material did not include images of children or any other illegal content, but concluded that this was an inexcusable misuse of their judicial IT accounts and wholly unacceptable conduct for a judicial office holder’.
article_snippet: The sackings came less than two months after the Lord Chief Justice told MPs of the seriousness with which the Lord Chief Justice regards ‘extreme’ pornography.
article_snippet: the Lord Chief Justice told the Commons justice committee the Lord Chief Justice believed a recent murder case illustrated ‘that the peddling of pornography on the internet had had a dramatic effect on an individual’ and that is what is available now to download and to see … is simply horrific’.
article_snippet: The secretive disciplinary process culminated in the dismissal rulings by Lord Thomas and Justice Secretary Chris Grayling, who make the final decision when serious allegations are made against judges or magistrates.
article_snippet: The disciplinary process run by the JCIO was revamped in 2013 when the organisation ceased to be known as the Judicial Complaints Office.
article_snippet: the organisation has 15 staff, headed by Judith Anckorn, and took disciplinary action in 58 cases from more than 2000 referred to the organisation in the 2013/14 financial year.
article_snippet: ’ a deputy district judge and recorder on the north-eastern court circuit sacked for viewing porn on a deputy district judge and recorder on the north-eastern court circuit work computer said a deputy district judge and recorder on the north-eastern court circuit had been suffering from ‘severe and undiagnosed depression’ at the time.
highlights_snippet: Judges Tim Bowles, Warren Grant and Peter Bullock lose jobs in scandal .
  
highlights_snippet: Lord Chancellor said Judges Tim Bowles, Warren Grant and Peter Bullock conduct was 'inexcusable' for Britain's judges .
  