An independent adjudicator is an authorized judge in the United Kingdom who has the power to make binding decisions in a particular field.
The mechanism is designed to represent the interests of groups which would otherwise have gone unrepresented, such as students with a complaint against their university.
In recent years the use of independent adjudicators in British TV game shows has been increasingly popular.
Increasingly, on other game shows, the independent adjudicator is used to carry out random draws where the order of play might have implications for the contestants.
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