Former judges could not appear before courts or tribunals under federation proposal
Monday, July 17, 2017 @ 6:55 AM | By Donalee Moulton
Former judges would be barred from communicating with or appearing as a lawyer before any Canadian court or tribunal in order to address the issue of bias, under a rule proposed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada for its Model Code of Professional Conduct.
David Fraser, McInnes CooperThe deference extended to judges on and off the bench could impair neutrality or give rise to apprehensions of bias, a standing committee examining the model code noted in a discussion paper on post-judicial return to practice....
David Fraser, McInnes CooperThe deference extended to judges on and off the bench could impair neutrality or give rise to apprehensions of bias, a standing committee examining the model code noted in a discussion paper on post-judicial return to practice....
