What is the current state of the law on judicial independence?

This leads, in our view, to this danger of conflict dealt with in Canada v. Beauregard (1986), 1986 CanLII 24 (SCC), 30 D.L.R. (4th) 481 at p. 497, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 56, 26 C.R.R. 59: As I have earlier indicated, the essential condition of judicial independence at the individual level is the necessity of having judges who feel totally free to render decisions in the cases that come before them. On the institutional plane, judicial independence means the preservation of the separateness and integrity of the judicial branch and a guarantee of its freedom from unwarranted intrusions by, or even intertwining with, the legislative and executive branches.