In a complaint filed last year, an N.W.T. lawyer accused Judge Donovan Molloy of misconduct, citing a years-long pattern of "intimidating, insulting and belittling" behaviour often directed against lawyers and defendants in the courtroom.
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Alberta did not participate in a process to request funding for new federally appointed judges, leading to opposition charges that the UCP government failed to take steps to speed up the court system.
The federal Liberals’ budget implementation legislation, Bill C-30, includes millions of dollars for 13 new judicial positions on superior courts across Canada.
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Despite frequent complaints from Alberta’s legal community about court backlogs, a Department of Justice official told a Senate committee hearing Wednesday that Alberta did not request funding, after questions from Alberta Sen. Paula Simons (a former Edmonton Journal columnist).
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Complaint over Alberta judge s comments about Nigerian-born medical expert s accent moving ahead
A complaint over comments an Alberta judge made about a Nigerian-born medical examiner s accent is now before a member of the Canadian Judicial Council s conduct committee.
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Posted: Mar 10, 2021 2:05 PM MT | Last Updated: March 11
Court of Queen s Bench Justice Terry Clackson, shown in a court sketch, has been accused of discriminatory actions that could be perceived as racist in his treatment of a Nigerian-born medical examiner, Dr. Bamidele Adeagbo. (CBC )