Can Attorneys General be held vicariously liable for the conduct of judges?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hokhold v Canada (Attorney General), 2019 BCSC 1106 (CanLII):
Further and in any event, I agree with the submissions of the Attorneys General that they cannot be held vicariously liable for the conduct of judges since they do not have a supervisory role in relation to judges: Simpson v. Koenigsberg, 2018 BCSC 499 at para. 31. The judiciary is separate and independent from the executive and legislative branches of government. As has been discussed in relation to the principles pertaining to judicial immunity, this independence is a fundamental and constitutionally-guaranteed cornerstone of the Canadian judicial system.
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