Police refuse to say why high-profile judge Constance Briscoe arrested She said her stepfather had burned her hand with a cigarette, leading him to be taken to court, and accused her mother of attacking her with a knife and making disparaging comments about her appearance, which led to her undergoing plastic surgery. It led to the spectacle of Miss Briscoe's mother, Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell, suing her daughter for libel over the "misery memoir," but after a bitter court hearing a jury rejected her claim. Last year it emerged that her mother was in danger of losing her home over the £500,000 legal costs incurred in the case. Earlier this year it was reported Miss Briscoe had split up with her QC boyfriend, Anthony Arlidge, in September 2010. He is now in a relationship with an Oxford graduate 50 years his junior. The judge, now 55, called her partner of 12 years "bonkers" for leaving her, and that the situation was "ridiculous." It has now emerged that on Saturday, Miss Briscoe was arrested at her £1million house in Clapham. She was questioned by officers from Kent Police and released on bail to return at an unspecified date. Kent Police said in a statement: "A 55-year-old woman was arrested in Clapham (south London) on Saturday October 6. But a spokesman for the force refused to state on what grounds she had been arrested. The Office for Judicial Complaints also said in a statement: "The Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor have suspended Constance Briscoe from the judiciary pending the outcome of the police investigation into the allegations against her. It would be inappropriate to comment further whilst the investigation is active.