A Nova Scotia provincial court judge says her rights were violated when her employer asked her about her vaccination status, and she wants to revive her complaint against the court's former top judge.
Last June, Judge Rickcola Brinton filed a lawsuit alleging judicial misconduct against Judge Pamela Williams, whose term as provincial court chief judge ended in August.
The lawsuit was dismissed last fall by Nova Scotia Chief Justice Michael J. Wood, after which Brinton applied for a judicial review of his decision.
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During a court hearing in Halifax today, Bullington's lawyer told Judge Christa Brothers that Bullington's complaint was mishandled and that she was not given a chance to respond to the opinion cited in the ruling.
In a separate lawsuit against Williams and the provincial court, Brinton argued that Williams violated her rights to judicial independence and medical privacy by pressuring her in October 2021 to reveal her COVID-19 vaccination status.
Brothers reserved a decision on the judicial misconduct complaint.
Brinton's civil lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial again on July 2.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on June 6, 2024.
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