A newly appointed Manitoba judge is under investigation by the province's judicial oversight body, but court officials won't say why. Gerard Kennedy, a law professor at the University of Manitoba, says any time a judge is being investigated by a Judicial Inquiry Board, it's serious. WATCH | CBC's Karen Pauls reports on Manitoba judge under investigation:A newly appointed Manitoba judge is under investigation by the province's judicial oversight body, but court officials won't say why. Geoffrey Bayly and Christina Cheater were appointed as judges for the provincial court of Manitoba in Dauphin on Feb. 21. (Darren Bernhardt/CBC)Under the Provincial Court Act, a three-person Judicial Inquiry Board investigates complaints alleging misconduct or incapacity of judges.

Source: CBC News June 16, 2020 09:00 UTC