"Many Photos" - London High Court judge rapped after she dozed off during family hearing

Mrs Justice Parker, pictured, 'momentarily' dozed off during a family hearing at the High Court

A 68-year-old judge has been disciplined after she 'momentarily' dozed off during a family hearing at the High Court.

It is not known which case Mrs Justice Parker fell asleep in, but lawyers at the hearing complained after the incident.

Mrs Justice Parker, who became a High Court judge in 2008, has now been given 'formal advice' by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, reports Legal Cheek.

They said her conduct had the 'potential to undermine public confidence in the judiciary', but added she had 'expressed remorse'.

A spokesperson from the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said: 'Mrs Justice Parker has been issued with formal advice following a complaint by parties in a case that she had fallen asleep during a hearing. 

'While concluding that this amounted to conduct which had the potential to undermine public confidence the judiciary, the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice took into consideration that the judge fell asleep only momentarily and has expressed remorse for doing so.' 

Mrs Justice Parker, who became a High Court (pictured) judge in 2008, has now been given 'formal advice' by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office

Mrs Justice Parker is the second most experienced judge in the family division.

She hit the headlines in 2016 when she ruled that a 'profoundly disabled' two-year-old boy could only be given end-of-life care.

Mrs Justice Parker's decision was slammed by the boy's 'devastated' parents, whose lawyer said afterwards that the court had 'effectively condemned their son to death'.

Nurses said the child had stopped smiling and no longer giggled when he was tickled. 

But the boy's mother, who is in her 20s, insisted he was still smiling and pleaded with the judge to give her 'angel' son 'a chance to live'. 

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