They brought the house down — an audience of former Supreme Court of Canada law clerks who were, by then, lawyers, law profs or judges themselves. OTTAWA—On a spring night in 2009, Supreme Court of Canada Justice Thomas Cromwell donned a wig, feather boa and a sequined costume, stepped out onstage with as part of a trio called The Supremes. Many thought he might have been the next chief justice of Canada after Beverley McLachlin retires in 2018. He calls himself the “unfiltered olive oil” on the high court that didn’t go through a parliamentary committee screening after Stephen Harper appointed him in 2008 to the Supreme Court. He chaired a CBA task force on court reform and steered a massive nationwide report on improving access to justice.

Source: thestar September 15, 2016 01:52 UTC