The Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) has launched a consultation on the handling of complaints and discipline of judges, following the merger of the courts and tribunals service last year.

The consultation, which opened last week and will run until 23 May this year, is aiming to gather feedback on creating a more efficient judicial complaints process, after Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service was created in April 2011, bringing the two factions together.