Regulation 20 Nomination of investigating judge

When a case is to be subject to judicial investigation, the Lord Chief Justice with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor shall nominate a judicial office holder or a former judicial office holder to be the investigating judge.

The investigating judge must be of a higher judicial rank than the subject of the disciplinary proceedings.

In relation to a former judicial office holder, reference to his judicial rank means the rank he held immediately before he ceased to hold judicial office.