Magistrates Complaints · Customer Self-Service

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. Complaints must be in writing.

Please use the table below to obtain the correct contact details.

Please note that these contact details are for allegations of misconduct on the part of magistrates. The advisory committee will not be able to help with queries about live cases before the courts or fine accounts.

Advisory Committee	Contact address	Email
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
Cheshire and Merseyside	Cheshire and Merseyside Advisory Committee, Legal Admin Support Team, QEII Law Courts, Derby Square, Liverpool L2 1XA Back to top	cm-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
Cumbria and Lancashire	Cumbria & Lancashire Advisory Committee Preston Magistrates Court Lawson Street Preston Lancashire PR1 2QT Tel: 01772 208026 Back to top	CL-Advisory@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
Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester Advisory Committee Manchester Magistrates’ Courthouse Crown Square Manchester M60 1PR Back to top	GM-Advisory@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 (Staffordshire and West Mercia)	Nottingham Justice Centre Carrington Street Nottingham NG2 1EE 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
Leicestershire & Rutland, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire	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, 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
South West (Avon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Devon, Cornwall and Dorset)	Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court Winston Churchill Avenue Portsmouth PO1 2DQ Tel: 02392 857925 Back to top	sw-advisory@justice.gov.uk

Advisory Committee

Contact address

Email

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

Cheshire and Merseyside

Cheshire and Merseyside Advisory Committee, Legal Admin Support Team, QEII Law Courts, Derby Square, Liverpool L2 1XA

cm-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

Cumbria and Lancashire

Cumbria & Lancashire Advisory Committee Preston Magistrates Court Lawson Street Preston Lancashire PR1 2QT Tel: 01772 208026

CL-Advisory@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

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester Advisory Committee Manchester Magistrates’ Courthouse Crown Square Manchester M60 1PR

GM-Advisory@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 (Staffordshire and West Mercia)

Nottingham Justice Centre Carrington Street Nottingham NG2 1EE

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

Leicestershire & Rutland, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire

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, 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

South West (Avon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Devon, Cornwall and Dorset)

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

sw-advisory@justice.gov.uk