Article: Judge quits after 'serious error'.(News)

THE Recorder of Birmingham was forced to resign after admitting a "serious error of judgment" by phoning a prosecution lawyer outside court.

Judge Frank Chapman said he left a voice-mail with the lawyer after "a long and stressful week".

Such contacts outside court are not allowed because they could be seen to show bias to a particular party.

Judge Chapman, 62, said: "At the end of a long and stressful week, I left a message on the voice-mail of a ...

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