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Is it legal for a judge in small claim case, meet with the

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Is it legal for a judge in small claim case, meet with the barrister representing the defendant on their own just minutes before the trial as I been told by teh Asher as there was dealy in teh start
The Asher went into the court room, he tells the judge is not in teh court is is having a meeting with barrister
The case was for unapid invoice of nearly £300.
In the trial the the judge did not speek once with defendant barrister
He judge against me and ask me to pay the cost which came to neraly £500

Submitted: 10 months ago.
Category: UK Law
Expert:  UKSolicitorJA replied 10 months ago.

Hello,

It is legal but it doesn't sound right and you may lodge an official complaint about the judge's behaviour to the Office for Judicial Complaints to investigate: https://ojc.judiciary.gov.uk/OJC/complaintlink.do

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