The Chief Justice of Gibraltar faces dismissal by five UK law lords after a damning inquiry report by British judges on Friday called for his removal from office.
The report by Lord Cullen of Whitekirk, who chaired inquiries into the Piper Alpha disaster and the Dublane shooting tragedy, concludes that the conduct of Chief Justice Derek Schofield “repeatedly fell far short of what befitted the dignity of his office.”
The unprecedented 207-page report which is devastating in its criticisms has been drawn up by Lord Cullen and two retired senior UK judges, Sir Jonathan Parker and Sir Peter Gibson after a three-week inquiry in July.
They conclude that although public opinion in Gibraltar is not unanimous in its disapproval of his conduct, “we are in no doubt that its effect has been to polarise public opinion in a way which is damaging to the reputation of the office and thence to the interests of good governance of Gibraltar.
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