Sentences with phrase «of judicial appointments»

While it's likely no nominations will be taken up, a very small number of judicial appointments could move forward, the official said.

Another recent trend has been to require senate confirmation of judicial appointments, as in the federal system.

Many expressed worries that this could lead to an overpoliticization of the judicial appointment process in Canada.

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On Friday, the federal government announced a slew of judicial appointments in Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, as well as the Federal Court and the Tax Court of Canada.

The Canadian Bar Association says it can not verify whether McKenzie is the first transgender judge, because it does not keep records of judicial appointments.

This past December's round of judicial appointments by Justice Minister Peter MacKay has put the issue of judicial diversity squarely back in the spotlight.

A similar survey conducted by The Globe and Mail revealed that only a small handful of judicial appointments by the federal government since 2009 were from equity - seeking communities.

Further, the appointment process — through the creation of the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee (JAAC)-- had moved away from partisan political influence.

He does not appoint judges: this is the task of the Judicial Appointments Commission.

The Polish parliament has approved government proposals to hand the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) effective control of judicial appointments and the supreme court, in a move seen by critics as an erosion of judicial independence.

Hoping to avoid embarrassment, he plans to pare down the list to a couple of judicial appointments and «no more than eight or 10 other appointments,» the aide said.

With Justice Cromwell's surprise decision to resign this September, the Federal Liberals promising reform of Supreme Court appointments, and recent media discussion around the political edges of judicial appointments, The Law Society of BC yesterday offered recommendations to Justice Minister Jody Wilson - Raybould promoting four core principles for the judicial appointment process.

The following excerpt from this ABA piece is as applicable in the context of judicial appointments as it is in the legal profession generally:

The Globe and Mail recently released an article reviewing the structure of judicial appointments and the role the conservative party plays in those appointments.

Nearly a dozen lawyers have become judges in the past week, after Justice Minister Peter MacKay made a series of judicial appointments across Canada.

If you're a lawyer in Canada, there's a good chance someone you know is on this very long list of judicial appointments.

Justice Camp brings about the underlying issue of the judicial appointment process, and his comments subsequent to trial are illustrative of the view that judicial appointments are not merit - based.

Instructed for the former Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands in this appeal to a seven - judge Privy Council, on the question whether the terms of judicial appointments in the Turks and Caicos Islands were such as to give the Chief Minister a fair trial before an independent and impartial court.

Dozens of judicial appointments, ambassadorships and executive appointments that require Senate approval languish in legislative limbo.

As part of its review of the judicial appointment process, the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs should expand the existing information on the gender of judges and include visible minorities and Indigenous people.

By restricting the range of judicial appointments open to CPS lawyers, the government was until recently, missing out on one of the most diverse pools the legal profession can offer.»

Allow us to deviate from the blogospheric preoccupation with Sarah Palin's daughter's pregnancy and turn to a matter more telling of her qualifications to hold high office — her record of judicial appointments.

Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson - Raybould has announced another round of judicial appointments to Federal Courts and for Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta.

Over the next few years we saw dramatic developments in the administration of the legal system, including the re-incarnation of the ancient office of lord chancellor as a secretary of state with purely ministerial functions, and the creation of the Judicial Appointments Commission.

He served as Chairman of the Union County Ethics Committee and was a member of the Judicial Appointments Committee.

This is a significant decrease from the last year of the Liberal government when 40 % of their judicial appointments were women.

In this regard, the CJRB monitors the process of judicial appointments, the conduct of judges, and the separation of the judicial and legislative branches of government.