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Complaints about magistrates

The JCIO is unable to respond to, or redirect, complaints about magistrates (justices of the peace).

Complaints must be sent to the relevant advisory committee within three months of the matter complained of. Please use the table below to obtain the correct contact details.

Advisory Committee	Contact address	Email
Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire	Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court Winston Churchill Avenue Portsmouth PO1 2DQ Tel: 02392 857925 Back to top	Whiow-advisorycommittee@justice.gov.uk
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Kent, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Thames Valley	South-East Region Conduct Advisory Committee c/o JCST, Maidstone Magistrates’ Court, Palace Avenue, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6LL Back to top	South-East-Advisory@justice.gov.uk
Cleveland and County Durham and Darlington Advisory Committee	Deputy Justices’ Clerk Cleveland and County Durham and Darlington Advisory Committee Teesside Justice Centre Victoria Square MIDDLESBROUGH TS1 2AS Tel: 01642 261611 Back to top	CDJSU@Justice.gov.uk
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire	Nottinghamshire Advisory Committee Nottingham Justice Centre Carrington Street Nottingham NG2 1EE Tel: 0115 9558102/183 Back to top	NT-LegalAdminSupportTeam@justice.gov.uk
North West Advisory Conduct Committee	Preston Magistrates Court, Lawson Street, Preston, Lancashire. PR1 2QT Back to top	NWRegion-magistrateconduct@justice.gov.uk
Devon, Cornwall and Dorset	Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court Winston Churchill Avenue Portsmouth PO1 2DQ Tel: 02392 857925 Back to top	DCDAdvisory@justice.gov.uk
Humber and South Yorkshire	Judicial Support Unit Doncaster Justice Centre South College Road Doncaster DN1 3HS Back to top	HSY-JSU@justice.gov.uk
London	Telephone number: 0203 126 3390 Back to top	LondonACConduct@justice.gov.uk
Midlands (West Mercia and Staffordshire)	Nottingham Justice Centre Carrington Street NOTTINGHAM NG2 1EE Tel: (0115) 955 8343 Back to top	MidlandsACConduct@justice.gov.uk
North and West Yorkshire Advisory Committee	North and West Yorkshire Advisory Committee Judicial Support Unit Leeds Magistrates’ Court PO Box 97 Westgate LEEDS LS1 3JP Tel: 0113 285 5770 Back to top	nwyjudicial-support-unit@justice.gov.uk
Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire	Leicester Magistrates Court, Pocklington Walk, Leicester, LE1 6BT Back to top	LRLN-JudicialSupportTeam@Justice.gov.uk
Northumbria Advisory Committee	Northumbria Judicial Support Unit Gateshead Law Courts Warwick Street Gateshead Tyne & Wear NE8 1DT Tel: 0191 4407210 Back to top	NOJSU@Justice.gov.uk
Wales	All Wales Advisory Conduct Committee c/o Cardiff Magistrates’ Court Wales Support Unit Fitzalan Place Cardiff CF24 0RZ Back to top	HMCTSWalesAdvisory@justice.gov.uk
West Midlands and Warwickshire Advisory Committee, (Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry & Warwickshire). Black Country (Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton)	Birmingham Magistrates’ Court, Justices’ Clerks Support Office, 1st Floor, Corporation Street, Birmingham, B4 6QF Back to top	wmwjco@justice.gov.uk
Wiltshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight	Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court Winston Churchill Avenue Portsmouth PO1 2DQ Tel: 02392 857925 Back to top	Whiow-advisorycommittee@justice.gov.uk

Advisory Committee

Contact address

Email

Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire

Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court Winston Churchill Avenue Portsmouth PO1 2DQ Tel: 02392 857925

Whiow-advisorycommittee@justice.gov.uk

Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Kent, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Thames Valley

South-East Region Conduct Advisory Committee c/o JCST, Maidstone Magistrates’ Court, Palace Avenue, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6LL

South-East-Advisory@justice.gov.uk

Cleveland and County Durham and Darlington Advisory Committee

Deputy Justices’ Clerk Cleveland and County Durham and Darlington Advisory Committee Teesside Justice Centre Victoria Square MIDDLESBROUGH TS1 2AS Tel: 01642 261611

CDJSU@Justice.gov.uk

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire Advisory Committee Nottingham Justice Centre Carrington Street Nottingham NG2 1EE Tel: 0115 9558102/183

NT-LegalAdminSupportTeam@justice.gov.uk

North West Advisory Conduct Committee

Preston Magistrates Court, Lawson Street, Preston, Lancashire. PR1 2QT

NWRegion-magistrateconduct@justice.gov.uk

Devon, Cornwall and Dorset

Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court Winston Churchill Avenue Portsmouth PO1 2DQ Tel: 02392 857925

DCDAdvisory@justice.gov.uk

Humber and South Yorkshire

Judicial Support Unit Doncaster Justice Centre South College Road Doncaster DN1 3HS

HSY-JSU@justice.gov.uk

London

Telephone number: 0203 126 3390

LondonACConduct@justice.gov.uk

Midlands (West Mercia and Staffordshire)

Nottingham Justice Centre Carrington Street NOTTINGHAM NG2 1EE Tel: (0115) 955 8343

MidlandsACConduct@justice.gov.uk

North and West Yorkshire Advisory Committee

North and West Yorkshire Advisory Committee Judicial Support Unit Leeds Magistrates’ Court PO Box 97 Westgate LEEDS LS1 3JP Tel: 0113 285 5770

nwyjudicial-support-unit@justice.gov.uk

Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire

Leicester Magistrates Court, Pocklington Walk, Leicester, LE1 6BT

LRLN-JudicialSupportTeam@Justice.gov.uk

Northumbria Advisory Committee

Northumbria Judicial Support Unit Gateshead Law Courts Warwick Street Gateshead Tyne & Wear NE8 1DT Tel: 0191 4407210

NOJSU@Justice.gov.uk

Wales

All Wales Advisory Conduct Committee c/o Cardiff Magistrates’ Court Wales Support Unit Fitzalan Place Cardiff CF24 0RZ

HMCTSWalesAdvisory@justice.gov.uk

West Midlands and Warwickshire Advisory Committee, (Birmingham and Solihull, Coventry & Warwickshire). Black Country (Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton)

Birmingham Magistrates’ Court, Justices’ Clerks Support Office, 1st Floor, Corporation Street, Birmingham, B4 6QF

wmwjco@justice.gov.uk

Wiltshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight

Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court Winston Churchill Avenue Portsmouth PO1 2DQ Tel: 02392 857925

Whiow-advisorycommittee@justice.gov.uk