James Allen QC was removed from his judicial positions for bringing the judiciary into disrepute after being found guilty of assault and placed on a 12 month supervision order at Bradford Magistrate's Court in June.

During the trial Allen claimed his wife, Melanie, had inflicted the injuries on herself during the incident at their Wakefield home in February 20 last year.

Mrs Allen, 44, supported her husband's story but the court dismissed the couple's account and found Allen guilty of common assault.

Confirming the dismissal a spokesperson for the Office for Judicial Complaints said: "Judge James Allen, who sat as a Deputy High Court Judge and a Recorder, was convicted of assault at Bradford Magistrates' Court.

"The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice are of the view that his actions had brought the judiciary into disrepute and have removed Judge Allen from his judicial positions."