Judicial Complaints Reviewer

Part of a series on
Scots law
Administration Justice and Communities Directorate of the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Justice Judicial Appointments Board Judicial Complaints Reviewer Legal Aid Board Courts & Tribunals Service College of Justice Office of the Public Guardian Law Commission Criminal Cases Review Commission Prison Service
Civil courts Court of Session Lord President Lord Justice Clerk Lord of Session Office of the Accountant of Court Act of Sederunt Sheriff Court Sheriff Principal Sheriff
Criminal courts High Court of Justiciary Lord Justice-General Lord Justice Clerk Lords Commissioner of Justiciary Sheriff courts Sheriff Principal Sheriffs Justice of the peace courts Justices of the peace Stipendiary magistrates
Special courts Court of the Lord Lyon Lord Lyon King of Arms Children's Reporter Administration Children's Hearings Land Court Lands Tribunal
Criminal prosecution Lord Advocate Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Advocate Depute Procurator fiscal Fiscal fine Precognition
Legal profession Judiciary Faculty of Advocates Advocate Law Society Solicitor-Advocate Solicitor Association of Commercial Attorneys

The Judicial Complaints Reviewer (JCR) is a Scottish public ombudsman. The post was established in 2011 as a result of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008. The JCR is an appointment made by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, with the approval of the Lord President. The current Judicial Complaints Reviewer, Gillian Thompson, was appointed on 1 September 2014.^[1]

Her role is to review how complaints regarding members of the judiciary have been handled by the Judicial Office for Scotland, to ensure that they have been dealt with in accordance its own rules: the Complaints About the Judiciary (Scotland) Rules 2013.

The JCR service is open to those who have complained about the conduct of a member of the judiciary, and also to members of the judiciary who have been the subject of a complaint.

See also

• Judiciary of Scotland

References

External links

• Official website