d behaviour', High Court judges can only be removed by a vote in both houses; this has only happened once since 1701, Sir Jonah Barrington was removed in 1830 for corruption. Lower court judges are removable by the Lord Chancellor; Judge Campbell was removed after being caught smuggling cigarettes and alcohol through customs in 1983.
             In comparison to the United States of America, there has never been a strict separation of powers in the United Kingdom. Notable posts like the Lord Chancellor straddle all branches of government; he presides over the House of Lords, is a member of the Cabinet and also serves as the Head of the Judiciary. The position of Lord Chancellor may come to be abolished; the fusion of powers in the United Kingdom has led the Labour government to investigate the plausibility of setting up a 'Supreme Court' akin that of America. The power of pardon which is exercised by the Home Secretary encroaches on the area of the judicial branch of government. The lack of a written British constitution is one re
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