Russell Brown announced Monday he’s stepping down as a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada effective immediately — a move that comes after the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) began probing a claim of misconduct directed against Brown related to an incident in the U.S.
Brown’s decision to step down from Canada’s top court means the CJC’s investigation of an alleged alcohol-fuelled incident in Arizona will come to an end without any sort of public report on the matter.
Under the federal Judges Act, the council has a duty to investigate complaints made against federally appointed judges. Now that Brown has resigned, the
