Sentences with phrase «about judicial misconduct»

In addition to complaints about judicial misconduct, the Act permits any person to allege conduct reflecting a judge's inability to perform his or her duties because of «mental or physical disability.»

Is this post about judicial misconduct or just deserts for a lying juror, asks Crime & Federalism.

Not exact matches

In the last three years the Office of Judicial Complaints (OJC) received 5,407 complaints about misconduct (rather than corruption), though this does not represent all complaints made against the 3,600 judges, 7,000 tribunal members and 29,000 magistrates.

(3) If an allegation of misconduct against a provincial judge is made to any other judge or to the Attorney General, the other judge, or the Attorney General, as the case may be, shall provide the person making the allegation with information about the Judicial Council's role in the justice system and about how a complaint may be made, and shall refer the person to 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.

Best complained about Justice Shaughnessy's misconduct to the Canadian Judicial Council, but CJC lawyer Norman Sabourin summarily dismissed Best's complaint without an investigation, without examining court records and without interviewing Best or any witnesses.

But judicial misconduct is not about innocent «misstatement» of facts, and certainly not about peripheral facts.

She also mediates disputes about allegations of attorney misconduct, referred to her by the Judicial Grievance Committee, Second Department.