Peter Smith J has since been referred to the Office for Judicial Complaints for his failure to recuse himself in this case. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
In the last three years the Office of Judicial Complaints (OJC) received 5,407 complaints about misconduct (rather than corruption), though this does not represent all complaints made against the 3,600 judges, 7,000 tribunal members and 29,000 magistrates. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
Only a handful of states (9) give the legislature or legislative leaders the power to name members to the judicial disciplinary commission; a tenth (Oklahoma) lets the legislature pick 2 out of 3 members of a body that conducts preliminary investigations only (Council on Judicial Complaints). (gaveltogavel.us)