Sentences with phrase «judicial complaints»

Peter Smith J has since been referred to the Office for Judicial Complaints for his failure to recuse himself in this case.

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.

Only a handful of states (9) give the legislature or legislative leaders the power to name members to the judicial disciplinary commission; a tenth (Oklahoma) lets the legislature pick 2 out of 3 members of a body that conducts preliminary investigations only (Council on Judicial Complaints).

Comprehensive patent reform legislation will ensure transparency and specificity in judicial complaints, address the imbalance in litigation burdens, and provide real alternatives to litigation.»

Mr Justice Peter Smith was reported to the Office for Judicial Complaints after showing «undoubted animosity» towards a party in a case before him.

Michael McKiernan looked into judicial complaints in 2012 in Canadian Lawyer, where he interviewed several lawyers involved in a complaint,

If the judge is guilty as «charged / alleged / reported» by The Daily Mail, then one may be reasonably confident that the matter will be dealt with appropriately by the appropriate authorities — The Office for Judicial Complaints.

The remainder would stay with the Council on Judicial Complaints.

Can the filing of a judicial complaint against a company constitute a revelation of the alleged fraud sufficient to establish loss causation?

You may use the Judicial Complaint form.

The law society's quarterly report on professional regulation reveals a total of 42 judicial complaints have been received since the introduction of the civility protocol in September 2009.

Correction: Judicial complaints have resulted in discipline against men as well as women.

It would be helpful to know what the remaining 24 lawyers did that resulted in a judicial complaint.

All the lawyers disciplined so far by the Law Society of Upper Canada under its judicial complaints protocol are women.

I also spoke to the private investigator working for the judge's attorney regarding the judicial complaint.)

In the U.K., the Office for Judicial Complaints, established in 2006 after a reform of the judicial complaint procedure, reports that five judges have been removed in the last three years, as well as a further eight resignations by judges under investigation.

Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Robert Wagner on reforming the judicial complaints process (CBC)

The measure diverts 65 cents of a $ 2 filing fee on civil cases to the Oklahoma Access to Justice Commission from the Council on Judicial Complaints.

Another major initiative was reforming the Courts of Justice Act, to improve the judicial complaints and discipline process and to broaden the possible sanctions available to the Judicial Council.

In other news, SCC chief Robert Wagner focuses on the need for reform in the judicial complaints process; Canadian Lawyer Mag considers the state of legal education; and Michael Spratt of The Docket speaks out on the problem with the «innocent until proven guilty» outcry against sexual assault / harassment allegations.

Excerpt from the judicial complaint filed by TMN: «It is clear from her actions that Judge Keller can no longer be expected to preside over death penalty cases with the requisite fair, bias - free and even - handed disposition so critical to such serious life and death matters.»

Texas Moratorium Network filed one of the judicial complaints against Keller and that was co-signed by about 1900 people.

Cobb filed one of the judicial complaints against Keller that was co-signed by about 1,900 people.

The Oklahoma Council on Judicial Complaints has been in existence since 1966.

The Lawyer: Employment judge first to fall foul of new misconduct rules An employment judge has become the first to be publicly censured under new rules that will see all judges and magistrates who are disciplined for misconduct have their cases publicised by the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC).

If the answer to this question is in the negative, then it does not seem unreasonable to me to suggest that complaints against judges should be regarded as a special case and not be subject to press speculation and coverage before the matter has been dealt with by The Office for Judicial Complaints.

An immigration judge who had an affair with his illegal immigrant cleaner will keep his job, the Office for Judicial Complaints has announced.

The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office — which took over from the Office for Judicial Complaints — launched its new complaints handling service last week.

The Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) received 1,674 separate complaints against judicial office holders in its first year, according to its Annual Report 2006 — 07.