Work to amend a protocol on how complaints against judges should be handled is in its final stages.

Grievances from members of the public had to be put on hold last year after a Court of Appeal ruling found that the Judicial and Legal Services Committee, set up in 2013 by George Fergusson, the former governor, had “no power” to deal with them.

A spokeswoman for Government House said in October that the Judicial Complaints Protocol, which sets out how to deal with complaints, was being redrafted with a "view to publishing an amended“ version the following month.

However, Kenlyn Swan, the Assistant Registrar for the Courts of Bermuda, told The Royal Gazette on February 28 that the JLSC chairman and Court of Appeal president, Sir Christopher Clarke, continued to work on the amendments with Chief Justice Larry Mussenden.

Ms Swan said: “After several rounds of consultation with the judiciary and the JLSC, which have taken somewhat longer than expected, the amendment process is now in its final stages.

“We look forward to issuing the amended protocol soon and to addressing the complaints that have been submitted, which have been outstanding pending the amendment.”

A complainant shared with the Gazette an e-mail they received from the JLSC secretary this week, which said: “The JLSC is presently in the process of finalising the amended JLSC protocol, after which complaints will be further reviewed and addressed.”

The Government House spokeswoman said in October that there were six outstanding complaints against “substantive or acting judges or magistrates“.

She added that there were no plans to revisit decisions made after the process set out in the original protocol.