Legal experts accuse Palestine Action judge of bias, lawyers demand recusal

Legal experts accuse Palestine Action judge of bias, lawyers demand recusal Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Thu, 06/04/2026 - 19:46 A complaint signed by over 3,000 people accuses Justice Johnson of 'personal animosity towards the defendants and the Palestinian cause, incompatible with the role of a judge' The defendants from left to right: Jordan Devlin, Leona Kamio, Charlotte Head, Fatema Rajwani, Zoe Rogers, and Samuel Corner (Screengrab/X) Off Legal experts are among thousands who have signed a formal complaint accusing the presiding judge in a Palestine Action case of bias and discriminatory conduct. The complaint, which will be filed on Friday by the campaign group, Defend Our Juries (DOJ), with the Judicial Conduct Office, comes ahead of a hearing on Monday on the defendants’ application for the recusal of Justice Jeremy Johnson on the grounds of apparent bias and abuses of process. Charlotte Head, Leona Kamio, Samuel Corner and Fatema Rajwani risk facing sentencing as terrorists on 12 June, despite being convicted by a jury of criminal charges.