Judge: PM could not remove Glinton from QC list of candidates

Fri, Oct 15th 2010, 08:00 PM

By ARTESIAâ DAVIS
Guardian Senior Reporter
artesia@nasguard.com

The prime minister did not have the authority to remove the name of a senior lawyer from the list of potential Queen's Counsel candidates, a judge has ruled.
Maurice Glinton, a lawyer of 28 years, applied for the Queen's Counsel appointment on August 18, 2009 on the suggestion of former Attorney General Sir Michael
Barnett. However, Glinton's name was no longer on the list of potential appointees by the time the prime minister forwarded the list to the governor general.
Glinton asked the court to grant declarations that he was entitled to

have his name remain on the list; to retain his seniority at the Bar ...

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