Neil Sands A Judicial Conduct Panel has set aside a full two weeks in February for its hearing into whether District Court Judge Ema Aitken’s conduct at the Northern Club warrants her removal from the bench. The panel, led by retired Court of Appeal Judge Brendan Brown KC, released a minute setting out an agreed timetable for dealing with the allegations against Aitken, which it has previously said will result in a recommendation about the judge’s future being made by Easter next year. No...
