<Tr> <Th> Related shows </Th> <Td> Judge Judy Judge Rinder's Crime Stories </Td> </Tr> <P> Judge Rinder is a British court show that is aired mainly on weekdays on ITV since it started on 11 August 2014 . It centres on criminal barrister Robert Rinder as the judge, who oversees a variety of civil cases, such as disputes over basic consumer issues, business / personal / neighbourhood disputes, and allegations of negligence . </P> <P> Like other court shows, Judge Rinder acts as an arbitrator in a form of binding arbitration, not as an actual judge . In 2014 Rinder, who is a barrister at 2 Hare Court Chambers in London, told Legal Cheek that he was "adamant that we had to make it clear to viewers that I am in fact a practising criminal barrister and not a civil law judge ." Participants are paid by the production company, which also pays out any damages awarded as a game - show prize, rather than taking them from the loser (hence, both sides emerge financially better off than they would from using a real court). Rinder claims that unlike other TV arbitrators such as Judge Judy who make judgements based on emotion, he makes his purely in accordance with real UK law, and hence the show is educational about real legal principles . </P> <P> The hearings are conducted in a studio mock - up of a small claims courtroom . However, real UK courts do not feature flags or gavels . The robes worn by Rinder are regular barristers' robes, minus wig, and resemble judicial robes worn by Deputy High Court judges . Part time judges in the Crown Court (called Recorders) also wear the same robes with wig . In reality, most small claim trials in England and Wales are conducted in District Judges' Chambers, with the parties seated throughout and no robes being worn at all . </P>

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