The complainant was a party in a family law matter, and had appeared in court several times before different judges

20060007 - The complainant was a party in a family law matter, and had appeared in court several times before different judges. He had filed previous complaints about the conduct of several different judges. He was not satisfied with a decision of the Conduct Committee on one of his complaints, and asked the Council to reconsider that complaint. He had alleged that one judge was discourteous, acted in a “criminal” manner by refusing to respect his rights under the Charter, that there was a general bias against men in the justice system, that judges collude to render decisions to avenge the filing of complaints against other judges or to make good for political favours, or to harass him.

The Council reviewed a recording of the court proceedings. The complaint was reconsidered and dismissed by the ViceChair of the Judicial Conduct Committee. It was noted that the complainant was argumentative in court, repeatedly interrupted the judge, and challenged his authority. Although this made it very difficult for the judge to communicate with the complainant, the judge remained calm throughout the proceedings. Given that the complainant had filed six similar and unsupported complaints in one year, he was informed that future complaints relating to the same issues would not be given consideration in future.