Alberta court of appeal judge calls for random assignment of judges to panels
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 @ 6:28 AM | By Cristin Schmitz
The Alberta Court of Appeal’s most senior puisne judge has charged that Alberta’s top judge has given “certain” unnamed judges on their court “a disproportionate opportunity ... to shape” its sentencing jurisprudence — thus potentially breeding public “suspicions or perceptions of want of impartiality” at the court.
Chief Justice Catherine FraserJustice Ronald Berger’s bald and startling allegation against Chief Justice of Alberta, Catherine Fraser, is found in R. v. Gashikanyi 2017 ABCA 194, a June 21 sentencing decision that was under reserve for 18 months.
In it...
Chief Justice Catherine FraserJustice Ronald Berger’s bald and startling allegation against Chief Justice of Alberta, Catherine Fraser, is found in R. v. Gashikanyi 2017 ABCA 194, a June 21 sentencing decision that was under reserve for 18 months.
In it...
