This on Slaw yesterday about Simon Fodden’s day in the Canadian Supreme Court got me thinking:
Justice Charon was using a laptop, the only one of the nine to do so (at least so far as I could see). It would be interesting to discover whether she was able to follow the references to the facta in this way, or whether she had her own set of notes to be consulted during the argument. Progress, I think.
Googling “justice charon” – voila! – one of the very few references to the phrase is on a discussion board on Consilio, the daily online magazine, original home of Charon QC.
22/10/04. The Canadian Supreme Court added two female Judges, Madam Justice Charon and Madam Justice Abella to it’s panel, making the Supreme Court of Canada the most gender balanced court in the world.
But ironically, both references to the Honourable Madam Justice are incorrect. She is Louise Charron – a different mode of transport altogether.
No relation, of course – but, there again, I am merely a figment of imagination. It must be a bit baffling for anyone who is interested in ‘Real Charons’) to find google references to Charon QC popping up all over the place…