A brand new course of for the way the Canadian Judicial Council will evaluate misconduct allegations in opposition to judges has been written into the legislation.
A invoice that obtained royal assent Thursday night amends the Judges Act to make clear when a decide may be eliminated and adjustments the way in which the council studies suggestions to take away a decide to the federal justice minister.
The legislation additionally creates a brand new panel to evaluate complaints and decide whether or not a decide’s removing is justified, in addition to a brand new course of for the way judges can attraction disciplinary selections in opposition to them.
Justice Minister David Lametti says the brand new course of will result in timelier and less expensive resolutions, and replaces a costlier, drawn-out course of.
Anyone could make a grievance in opposition to a decide, but it surely should be accomplished in writing and despatched to the judicial council.
The judicial oversight course of garnered heightened consideration earlier this yr when the council introduced it might evaluate a grievance in opposition to former Supreme Court justice Russell Brown, a probe that ended when Brown introduced his retirement from the highest courtroom earlier this month.
