Sentences with phrase «alleged judicial misconduct»

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Meanwhile, in order to expedite investigations into the alleged stated misconduct by the High Court Judges, the Chief Justice in accordance with a decision of the Judicial Council has constituted a second Committee to investigate the matter against three of the Judges in line with article 146 (4).

One day after the Canadian Judicial Council issued its recommendation to not remove Justice Michel Girouard from the bench — despite a suspicious video of an alleged drug deal — a legal academic is pointing to a glaring lack of independence for judicial misconduct and a possible double sJudicial Council issued its recommendation to not remove Justice Michel Girouard from the bench — despite a suspicious video of an alleged drug deal — a legal academic is pointing to a glaring lack of independence for judicial misconduct and a possible double sjudicial misconduct and a possible double standard.

The way in which the Trial Chamber reacted to Alternate Judge Sow's decision to make a public statement on the Taylor Trial; the exclusion of his statement from the official transcript of the hearing; and the recent information suggesting irregularities in the process which the SCSL judges invoked to discipline their judicial colleague for alleged misconduct all underscore the need for greater transparency on this issue than we have so far received from the SCSL.

The CJC alleges that the judge engaged in «willful misconduct» that was unbecoming of a judicial officer, AP reports.

Moreover, for what it's worth, the judge herself is now on trial for alleged misconduct before the Judicial Ethics Committee.

The 10th Circuit Judicial Council found that the law governing judicial misconduct did not give it the authority to review alleged conduct that occurred before Roberts became Judicial Council found that the law governing judicial misconduct did not give it the authority to review alleged conduct that occurred before Roberts became judicial misconduct did not give it the authority to review alleged conduct that occurred before Roberts became a judge.

The accused alleged three separate incidents of state misconduct that, while admittedly not affecting trial fairness, did undermine the integrity of the judicial process (residual category): (1)...

When misconduct on a judge's part is alleged, an independent judicial council is called upon to investigate the complaint.

SB 306 Details information State Commission on Judicial Conduct must release every year must include the number of complaints received by the commission, the number of complaints dismissed without commission action and the reasons (facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct, facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct or disability, allegation determined unfounded or friJudicial Conduct must release every year must include the number of complaints received by the commission, the number of complaints dismissed without commission action and the reasons (facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct, facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct or disability, allegation determined unfounded or frijudicial misconduct, facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct or disability, allegation determined unfounded or frijudicial misconduct or disability, allegation determined unfounded or frivolous).

Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline The Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline consider complaints alleging misconduct by judges.

51.3 (1) Any person may make a complaint to the Judicial Council alleging misconduct by a provincial judge.

Mr. Best had complained to the Canadian Judicial Council alleging serious misconduct by Justice J. Bryan Shaughnessy during a 2013 hearing where Best had asked Justice Shaughnessy to set aside his 2010 conviction obtained in absentia (in Best's absence) for contempt of court in a «trial» that Best had not be informed of and therefore did not attend.

Even if one could say that such treatment reflects some policy of the various foreign states involved, or indeed of the United Kingdom, it goes far beyond any conduct previously recognised as requiring judicial abstention... The critical point in my view is the nature and seriousness of the misconduct alleged in both cases before the Supreme Court, at however high a level it may have been authorised... Sovereign states who without justification and without permitting access to justice detain or mistreat individuals in the course or in relation to their conduct of foreign relations or affairs have sovereign immunity in foreign domestic courts.

The function of absolute immunity in the performance of judicial duties is not to shield members of the judiciary from liability for their own misconduct, but rather «to protect their offices from the deterrent effect of suit alleging improper motives where there has been no more than a mistake or a disagreement on the part of the complaining party with the decision made.»

Bamberger resigned as a senior judge in February 2006 to avoid being removed by Kentucky's Judicial Conduct Commission, in part, for alleged misconduct in the fen - phen case.

The only ground of challenge in these circumstances was likely to be that the secretary of state could not properly arrive at a decision that it may be appropriate for the care worker to be included in the list; a listed person could not get a speedy judicial determination of the underlying facts, namely whether or not he had committed the misconduct alleged.

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.»