Sealing order raises red flag about system
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 10/09/2010 (5878 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Clearly, the Law Society of Manitoba believes that the past sexual habits of a judge do have a bearing on how that person performs their duties.
Otherwise, why would the society go to extraordinary lengths to block public access to allegations of sexual impropriety against Queen’s Bench Associate Chief Justice Lori Douglas and her lawyer husband, Jack King, five years ago?
Court documents obtained by the Winnipeg Free Press show that in 2005, at the request of the law society, the Court of Appeal issued a sealing order on documents which show that the existence of nude photos of Douglas and allegations of misconduct by King were front and centre before disciplinary proceedings against another lawyer at the law society in 2004.
The province’s highest court also agreed with the law society’s request not to notify media outlets about the motion to prevent access as part of proceedings in an unrelated case they were hearing.
The Supreme Court of Canada has stated that the media should be given notice of any attempt to ban access to or publication of information in a court proceeding.
Such a questionable action by Manitoba’s highest court casts uncertainty over our entire justice system.