<P> Like other court shows , Judge Rinder acts as an arbitrator in a form of binding arbitration , not as an actual judge . In 2014 Rinder , who is a barrister at 2 Hare Court Chambers in London , told Legal Cheek that he was `` adamant that we had to make it clear to viewers that I am in fact a practising criminal barrister and not a civil law judge . '' Participants are paid by the production company , which also pays out any damages awarded as a game - show prize , rather than taking them from the loser ( hence , both sides emerge financially better off than they would from using a real court ) . Rinder claims that unlike other TV arbitrators such as Judge Judy who make judgements based on emotion , he makes his purely in accordance with real UK law , and hence the show is educational about real legal principles . </P>
<P> Like other court shows , Judge Rinder acts as an arbitrator in a form of binding arbitration , not as an actual judge . In 2014 Rinder , who is a barrister at 2 Hare Court Chambers in London , told Legal Cheek that he was `` adamant that we had to make it clear to viewers that I am in fact a practising criminal barrister and not a civil law judge . '' Participants are paid by the production company , which also pays out any damages awarded as a game - show prize , rather than taking them from the loser ( hence , both sides emerge financially better off than they would from using a real court ) . Rinder claims that unlike other TV arbitrators such as Judge Judy who make judgements based on emotion , he makes his purely in accordance with real UK law , and hence the show is educational about real legal principles . </P>
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