Ontario appoints next provincial court chief justice. Associate Chief Justice Sharon Nicklas will take over from Chief Justice Lise Maisonneuve when her eight-year term ends on May 31.
The provincial government announced on Monday the next chief justice of the Ontario Court of Justice — using an appointment process the court’s own judges described as an “aberration.”
Nicklas was a Crown attorney for over a decade before her appointment to the bench in Kitchener in 2007. She became associate chief justice in 2019, as well as coordinator of the justices of the peace.“It is an honour to have been appointed chief justice, and I look forward to serving the public and the court in this next role,” Nicklas said in a statement Monday.
The attorney general also wanted judges to provide feedback about potential candidates directly to him — something the judges’ association said violated the separation of powers between the executive and judicial branches of government. “It is our view that the attorney general is inviting members of the judiciary to compromise their ethical obligations. It is also our view that the process as outlined undermines judicial independence and violates our democratic system of separation of powers.
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