The decision to set up a review panel means several more weeks, if not months, in which the Supreme Court of Canada will need to function with eight members instead of nine
has been ruled serious enough to warrant his possible dismissal, and sent on to a five-member panel for a review behind closed doors that will determine whether he will have to face a public trial.over a complaint from a former United States marine, Jonathan Crump, after a physical altercation between the two men at an Arizona hotel in late January. Mr. Crump, 31, told local police that Justice Brown had followed two women to their room, and that he had intervened to protect them.
It also means several more weeks, if not months, in which the court will need to function with eight members instead of nine. Chief Justice Wagner has chosen to use an odd number of judges to avoid ties. He sidelined the court’s first Indigenous judge, Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin, in a case this month with major implications for Indigenous peoples.
Pierre Thibault, a constitutional law professor at the University of Ottawa, said he is not surprised by the decision to move the process along to the next stage. “I would not draw any conclusion at this point,” he said. “The process needs to be followed, and it needs to be followed properly. For me, it’s wait-and-see for the moment.”“I think I will put all my confidence in the process. Maybe there are some personal things that cannot be revealed.
for remedial measures such as counselling, or an apology. To send the matter to a review panel, Chief Justice Hinkson had to decide it was serious enough to justify possible removal from the bench.
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