A Toronto justice of the peace should be fired for exploiting his job title and repeatedly inserting himself in a court case involving his partner, a discipline panel has recommended. It was actually the second time that Tom Foulds, appointed to the bench in 1999, had been found guilty of judicial misconduct by a discipline panel over a conflict of interest. It is the toughest penalty available to the Justices of the Peace Review Council, an independent body, and is rarely handed down. “The hearing panel concludes that the actions of Justice of the Peace Foulds ... have eroded the confidence of the public in His Worship as a judicial officer beyond reclamation. In the process, the integrity of the judiciary and confidence in the administration of justice has also been damaged,” says the discipline panel’s decision.

Source: thestar April 30, 2018 19:19 UTC