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STATEMENT



 

JCIO 27/21

Date: 17 August 2021



 

STATEMENT FROM THE JUDICIAL CONDUCT

INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE

 

Mr Steven Vale JP

 

A spokesperson for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said:

Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb DBE, with the Lord Chancellor’s agreement, has issued Steven Vale JP of the North East Wales Bench with a formal warning for failing to notify his bench chair of legal proceedings involving a member of his family and attempting to use his position as a magistrate to gain information about the case.
 

ENDS



 

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