The OJC was created in 2004 as part of the Labour government's programme of constitutional reform.
[3] On 23 January 2010 Cherie Booth QC, wife of Tony Blair (who until recently had been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), was sitting as a recorder in a case where a man was found guilty violent assault in which he broke another man's jaw in a queue in a bank.
On 10 June 2010 the OJC issued a statement saying that the investigation had found that "Recorder Booth’s observations did not constitute judicial misconduct".
[6] On 18 May 2010, the OJC issued a statement reporting that, following investigation, the Lord Chief Justice had given Judge Trigger 'formal advice'[7] following comments he made whilst passing sentence in a case in July 2009.
The Court of Appeal had concluded that "the approach adopted by the judge ... provides strong support for [counsel]'s submissions that the fair-minded and informed observer, having considered the facts, would conclude that there was a real possibility that the judge was biased against Addleshaw Goddard and its partners, one of whom is the first claimant".