Perception a problem with retired Supreme Court justices involved in the ‘highly partisan’ SNC-Lavalin affair, say some court watchers

Jody Wilson-Raybould’s hiring of Thomas Cromwell as counsel is ‘good for the client, good for the PMO, good for Canada,’ says a Supreme Court specialist.

Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould is bound by two oaths of office—cabinet confidence and solicitor-client privilege—but has retained former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell for advice on what she can say. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

February 20, 2019

With a former Supreme Court justice tapped as counsel to former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, some court watchers say they are “uneasy” with the optics of a political judiciary. But two former justices say she has the right to get good legal advice and it...

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