Talk:Judge Rinder

Legality
I thought it was illegal to record and broadcast court proceedings in the UK. Am I wrong, or otherwise, how do the production team get round this? 95.144.169.113 (talk) 16:52, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * By it not being a real court. Nick Cooper (talk) 14:24, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Exactly. The article needs to make it clear that the programme represents a fake court and that the verdicts are ficticious and do not have be adhered to at all.1812ahill (talk) 18:31, 29 April 2015 (UTC)


 * The Judge Rinder show features not only everyday legal issues that (some!) people may face, but the litigants in his ‘court’ are real people with real legal issues that would usually be settled in a UK Small Claims Court. True, Rinder's 'court' on the show is not a real UK court, nor is he acting as a formal arbitrator or mediator. Even so, the parties sign an "appearance contract" agreeing that they accept Rinder's ruling fully and finally. See:- www.chambersstudent.co.uk/where-to-start/newsletter/the-big-interview-judge-rinder--Observer6 (talk) 17:16, 2 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Is there no legal impediment to this preening peacock styling himself as a judge? It is merely tacky in the eyes of the discerning, but misleading in the eyes of the gullible.137.205.101.81 (talk) 13:03, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Accuracy
There is no such thing as a 'British Court'. There are four separate legal jurisdictions in the UK: English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish. Each jurisdiction has its own laws and courts and procedures. The statement that the 'British courts... have no gavels' is also inaccurate as gavels are used in the Scottish High Court.

Fixed ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 15:27, 16 November 2016 (UTC)


 * England and Wales are the same legal system, though.
 * --DDFoster96 (talk) 22:43, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Game show?
Given that Rinder is playing a fictional character (albeit one with whom he shares a surname) and that the contestants are competing for a share of the cash prize provided by the production company, I'm minded to edit this article to reflect the fact that this programme is more of a game show than anything else. Opinions? ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 15:31, 16 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Is there a source to say who pays the money? The article doesn't cite one.
 * --DDFoster96 (talk) 22:44, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Fair point: the page is very poorly sourced at the moment, and appears to have a lot of Original Research. I've tagged the page as needing improved references and I'll hold off on further editing for the moment, in the hope that someone with better knowledge of the subject can fix it ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 13:29, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Reactions / criticism etc
Doesn’t the article need something on reactions to this show? I am sure that lots of TV critics have written up how wonderful it is? Or something? I might try to have a look but I do feel it’s a bit bland at present. 2A01:4C8:1039:7E11:54C6:47C1:FFC4:EAD7 (talk) 09:11, 6 September 2019 (UTC)