Part 4Judicial appointments and discipline

Chapter 2Appointments

Complaints and references

102Report and recommendations

1

The Ombudsman must prepare a report on any complaint he has investigated under section 101.

2

The report must state—

a

what findings the Ombudsman has made;

b

whether he considers the complaint should be upheld in whole or part;

c

if he does, what if any action he recommends should be taken by the Commission or the Lord Chancellor as a result of the complaint.

3

The recommendations that may be made under subsection (2)(c) include recommendations for the payment of compensation.

4

Such a recommendation must relate to loss which appears to the Ombudsman to have been suffered by the complainant as a result of maladministration and not as a result of any failure to be appointed to an office to which the complaint related.