Illegal Ruling of a Judge

[Mortartube]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that under English law, if a judge in court makes a ruling that is or may be illegal, then the person who the ruling is being made against can ask the judge to stand down from the bench and he/she loses their status as a judge and can be sued as an individual. I believe this is because you can't sue the Crown so the Judge having committed an illegal act can no longer represent the Crown. Is this correct and if so does anyone know what this law is called?

[allan.g0ias]

British justice ??

[New Forester]

I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think this can be right. Many appeals succeed on the basis that the judge misdirected the jury, and we don't see a queue of unemployed judges stretching down the Strand. And as for "may be illegal" -- that applies to the outcome of very many complex cases. I think judges only have to resign over serious matters of integrity or impropriety -- taking bribes, being more than averagely senile, or doing unspeakable things to small animals. Oh, no, the last is still allowed, for the moment....