Today 24th March 2013 latest news from Tim:
Friday, the Chief Justice received a 15-page letter it took me two weeks to write, outlining all of the abusive, unlawful rulings Justice Barnes has issued since last May 2012 when he denied the injunction I was seeking, and asking that he bar Justice Barnes from dealing with any case involving those who have placed their trust in me to oversee their litigation. Including the attachments, the submission totaled 52 pages.
I also asked that a hearing date be set. I will let you know if this letter elicits a response -- unlike the January 31st letter, after which Justice Barnes continued his unethical conduct. (A senior CIC official who read the letter said that the Chief Justice cannot but conclude that Justice Barnes' conduct has been improper and would continue to be.)
In the meantime, we are waiting for Justice Rennie's ruling on the legality of s. 87.4 which closed the files. I really do not know when it will come out but, for whatever reason, the Chief Justice told lawyers in Toronto earlier this month that the decision would come out this month -- which now means next week. However, he was going beyond his proper role in making that statement, and I was not present. So, I do not know if he was giving a definite time-frame or expressing his wishful thinking. Therefore, my position remains: we are waiting, and I do not know when the decision will come out.
In many ways, it does not matter when Justice Rennie issues his ruling because it will be appealed in any event. And, unless the Chief Justice either directs Justice Barnes to cease violating s. 74(4) of IRPA and give us a hearing date or removes him, our litigation will continue to be held hostage to resolution of the s. 87.4 issue.