Regulating retired judges

Patrick O’Brien

Chapter 13 in Research Handbook on Judging and the Judiciary, 2025, pp 255-273 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The active retired judge is an increasing feature of the legal landscape in many jurisdictions. Changes to demographics and to the nature of the legal profession have given rise to a cohort of former judges who, upon reaching retirement, find their prestige, skills, and opinions in demand. This chapter draws on the results of an empirical study of retired judges in the United Kingdom to explore the implications of this phenomenon. UK judges of the past 20 years are much more likely to be active in retirement, and much more likely to engage in paid legal work, than their predecessors. The chapter notes the need for sensitive regulation of some post-judicial behaviour in some cases and suggests that in the long term a move towards a judicial profession may be required.

Keywords: Judicial retirement; Accountability; Demographics; Common law jurisdictions; Retirement policy; Standards of ethical conduct (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781788978736
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