Court slams council of chief justices for ‘abuse of process’ and exonerates Justice Smith

By Cristin Schmitz ( May 22, 2020, 5:06 PM EDT) -- The Canadian Judicial Council says it won’t appeal a recent Federal Court decision that the disciplinary body for federal judges acted unreasonably and unfairly in launching and pursuing discipline proceedings against Ontario Superior Court Justice Patrick Smith, who altruistically agreed to temporarily lead a struggling northern Ontario law school, after he was cleared to do so by both his chief justice and the federal minister of Justice....

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