Sentences with phrase «judicial council says»

In a letter released today, the Canadian Judicial Council says Supreme Court of Canada Justice Suzanne Côté acted well within her mandate in her previous role as independent counsel at the inquiry into the actions of Manitoba Justice Lori Douglas.

The National Judicial Council says the NJC's Corruption and Financial Crimes Cases Trials Monitoring Committee has received a total of 2,306 ongoing alleged corruption cases.

The Canadian Judicial Council said today it would be conducting a public inquiry into Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench Associate Chief Justice Lori Douglas, shining an even - brighter spotlight on the debate over the appropriate conduct of judges in their private lives.

Not exact matches

In addition, the parties still await judicial decisions on challenges to the Original Order in Council and British Columbia Environmental Assessment Certificate approving the project,» Kinder Morgan said.

He also said he has petitioned the National Judicial Council, NJC over the conduct of the Chief Judge of Rivers state, Justice Iyaye Lamikanra whom he accused of bias.

Yunusa's defence counsel, Chief Robert Clarke (SAN), had on March 9, in a preliminary objection, said the embattled judge had been «absolved of the corruption charges» by the National Judicial Council (NJC).

A human rights group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has said the National Judicial Council must explain to Nigerians what it knows about the alleged attempt by a former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, to induce the embattled Justice John Okoro.

And I think that any prudent President, and so far we've had prudent presidents, will act on the advise of the Judicial Council,» he said.

The group said the Civil Society Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun, the statement noted could be using the opportunity that it mobilized its members to Abuja to show solidarity with the controversial Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, who has been summoned to Abuja by the National Judicial Council to defend herself, to score some cheap points.

«The Council will pass legislation blocking ICE from private areas on city property and offices where New Yorkers receive social services, unless they have a judicial warrant or court order,» she said during a 58 - minute State of the City speech at the Kings Theater.

He should also ask Engr Segun Oni that he cheated out of office why he dragged Justice Salami and others before the National Judicial Council,» the party said.

Recent diversity figures from the Judicial Appointments (JAC) show there is a serious problem with the appointment of black and minority ethnic lawyers to the bench and underline the need for targeted support and training, the Bar Council has said.

Until the Canadian Judicial Council's Canadian Citation Committee says otherwise, I would cite cases as they do when they write judgments.

Porter says he understands why judicial councils are sparing with the amount of public sanctions they hand out to judges.

«The authority of the judiciary in any democratic society rests on public confidence and public confidence can not exist in the absence of displaying the highest norms of conduct and ethical principles for judges,» says Norman Sabourin, executive director and senior general counsel for the Canadian Judicial Council.

«Reading the order, there is a strong inference that the Judicial Council made this decision on its own and did not consult the Third Circuit,» Hellman said.

«Roughly, we are estimating that to date, there's been approximately $ 3 million spent on the inquiry,» says Johanna Laporte, director of communications and registry services for the judicial council.

Nonetheless, when Best complained to the Canadian Judicial Council about Justice Shaughnessy's serious misconduct, the CJC didn't even investigate, saying that the judge's actions were not «conduct» under the CJC's mandate.

It is regarding the Canadian Judicial Council's creation of a provision in its Complaints Procedures that I say is clearly in contravention of the mandate the CJC receives from the Judges Act.

The entire Canadian Judicial Council inquiry committee looking into the conduct of Manitoba Associate Chief Justice Lori Douglas resigned today after saying it's no longer «in a position to complete this inquiry.»

Part of the Canadian Judicial Council, the Committee updated its work in 2009 with The Preparation, Citation and Distribution of Canadian Decisions, which says:

Interesting that the men involved in the case go unmentioned although McClung herself said: «Ladies, hang Lord Sankey's picture on the wall of the Community Rest Room with Newton Wesley Rowell's beside it, and let these names and the names of the other Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council be kept in perpetual and grateful remembrance... ``

Chair of the Bar Council's Equality and Diversity Committee, Robin Allen QC said: «We can not go on having no BAME applications for senior judicial roles.

Speaking about proposals for a new education programme in development with the JAC, Ministry of Justice and other legal professional bodies, Robin Allen QC said: «The Bar Council is working in partnership to develop a programme of Pre-Application Judicial Education (PAJE), open to all who are thinking about applying to the bench, but with a high proportion of reserved places for BAME, women and disabled lawyers.»

«The Honourable Michael MacDonald, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia and Chairperson of the Judicial Conduct Committee of Council, carefully considered all allegations involving the three named judges and sought comments from them,» said a CJC news release, which indicated the allegations will not receive further review.

Stanton says she anticipates it will take a while for the judicial council to review the information from the multiple complaints and come to a decision regarding further action.