South Australia’s Judicial Conduct Commissioner (JCC) provides an independent, fair and transparent way to make complaints about judicial officers. Before we were established, most complaints were made to senior judges - there was no external process to deal with them.
With the Judicial Conduct Commissioner, you can make a complaint about a judicial officer's conduct and know that there is a clear and consistent process for the way your complaint will be handled.
Commonly asked questions
Michael Boylan KC is the Judicial Conduct Commissioner.
We deal with complaints about the conduct of serving judicial officers within the South Australian legal system.
When we receive a complaint, we conduct a preliminary examination, and the Commissioner decides what to do.
When conducting a preliminary examination, we may obtain court documents or request, you or someone else provides further information.
The Commissioner can: 
- receive and deal with complaints about serving judicial officers conduct in the South Australian legal system
- run a preliminary examination of a complaint
- gather relevant court documents
- require an individual to provide information or documents
- refer a complaint to the Office for Public Integrity or jurisdictional head
- recommend the Attorney-General appoint a judicial conduct panel
- make a report to Parliament about the removal of a judicial officer and
- dismiss a complaint or take no further action.
The Commissioner cannot: 
- deal with complaints about Federal judicial officers or judicial officers from other States or Territories
- deal with complaints about former judicial officers
- investigate a complaint
- conduct hearings
- issue or execute search warrants
- challenge or question the legality or correctness of any instruction, direction, order, judgment, or other decision given or made by a judicial officer in relation to any legal proceedings
- appoint or give directions to a judicial conduct panel or
- punish, discipline, reprimand or remove judicial officers.
