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“The legal profession is governed by different codes of professional conduct in each province,” said Kennedy. “However, there is extraordinary overlap between them and the principle of judicial independence is applicable across the country.”
In a joint statement, the Canadian and Manitoba Bar Associations condemned the JCCF’s behaviour, saying it had no place in the conduct of a trial. The incident, they said, also raises serious security concerns for the judiciary, officers of the court and court staff. It is particularly disturbing that the location of Joyal’s home and private cottage were known.
“Judicial independence is a crucial legal principle that guarantees judges have the freedom to make their decisions based solely on the facts and the laws,” said CBA President Brad Regehr and MBA President Ian Scarth in the statement. “Judicial independence is precisely that which guarantees the rights and freedoms of every person in Canada.”
Carpay apologized for his poor judgment during a special hearing Monday called by the judge overseeing a court challenge of COVID-19 restrictions in Manitoba. He argued, however, the validity of conducting surveillance of other public officials in the country.
Court of Queen s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal said he realized he was being followed by a vehicle after leaving the courthouse last week.
He said a person, who appeared to be a teenage boy, also went to his home and spoke with his daughter. There was also information his private cottage was observed.
Joyal said it soon became clear a private investigation agency was hired for the clear purpose of gathering what was hoped would be potentially embarrassing information in relation to my compliance with COVID public health restrictions.
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Publishing date: Jul 13, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 3 minute read • Glenn Joyal, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen s Bench, speaks during a media availability in the Manitoba Court of Appeal about changes to the three levels of Manitoba Court in light of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tues., March 17, 2020. Photo by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun
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A Manitoba judge says he was followed by a private investigator to try to embarrass him by catching him breaking public health orders, as he deliberates on a court challenge against those rules by seven churches.
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“Without wishing to sound apocryphal, as it relates to the still-unknown person or persons who hired the agency, the situation I have described raises the spectre of potential intimidation, and it can also give rise to possible speculation about obstruction of justice, direct and indirect,” said Court of Queen’s Bench Chief Justice
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