Mr. Justice Ross Lander
Supreme Court of British Columbia
Suspected Member of Judicial Mafia
Ross Lander was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1982 and retired in 2007. He regularly sat at the Courthouse in Nanaimo.
We think Ross Lander was part of the "judicial mafia".
In 1998, Ross Lander acted very strangely in a case involving Ms. Gibbs when he tried to sell her property, by court order, at far below the market value.
Firstly, he briefly adjourned the hearing saying he needed time to read the affidavits. We think he returned to his office to place a telephone call to headquarters for instructions on what to do. He returned five minutes later and, obviously, he had not read the affidavits that was in excess of 50 pages including exhibits. However, by his actions, it was apparent that Mr. Lander did have a plan of action probably on instructions from insiders.
The reader should be aware that when judges order brief adjournments to retire to their chambers they are frequently leaving the court in order to consult with someone else on how to handle at issue before them. This practice has become very common in Canada, especially in British Columbia, where the intellectual capability of the judiciary has steadily decreased due to the political nature of the appointment process. The process is contrary to the principle of judicial independence because the third party is influencing the judge and nobody knows who that third party is or what they are saying.
Immediately after he returned to the courtroom, Justice Ross Lander began to order that Ms. Gibbs real property should immediately be sold to an insider at far below the suggested selling price and he attempted to include in the sale items of personal property that he had no legal authority to sell. When it was brought to his attention that what he was doing was illegal and contrary to the Property Law Act, Justice Ross Lander threatened to put Mr. Carten in jail.
"One more word out of you, Mr. Carten, and you will hear the sound of metal clanging"
After the hearing Mr. Carten reported Mr. Lander's bizarre conduct to the Canadian Judicial Council but no remedial action was undertaken and Justice Lander remained on the bench for a further nine years.
Subsequent investigations showed that Justice Ross Lander had a pattern of selling property to insiders at below market value and without permitting the property to be exposed to the market which is exactly what he did in the case of the property owned by Ms. Gibbs.
We think Ross Lander was part of the "judicial mafia".
In 1998, Ross Lander acted very strangely in a case involving Ms. Gibbs when he tried to sell her property, by court order, at far below the market value.
Firstly, he briefly adjourned the hearing saying he needed time to read the affidavits. We think he returned to his office to place a telephone call to headquarters for instructions on what to do. He returned five minutes later and, obviously, he had not read the affidavits that was in excess of 50 pages including exhibits. However, by his actions, it was apparent that Mr. Lander did have a plan of action probably on instructions from insiders.
The reader should be aware that when judges order brief adjournments to retire to their chambers they are frequently leaving the court in order to consult with someone else on how to handle at issue before them. This practice has become very common in Canada, especially in British Columbia, where the intellectual capability of the judiciary has steadily decreased due to the political nature of the appointment process. The process is contrary to the principle of judicial independence because the third party is influencing the judge and nobody knows who that third party is or what they are saying.
Immediately after he returned to the courtroom, Justice Ross Lander began to order that Ms. Gibbs real property should immediately be sold to an insider at far below the suggested selling price and he attempted to include in the sale items of personal property that he had no legal authority to sell. When it was brought to his attention that what he was doing was illegal and contrary to the Property Law Act, Justice Ross Lander threatened to put Mr. Carten in jail.
"One more word out of you, Mr. Carten, and you will hear the sound of metal clanging"
After the hearing Mr. Carten reported Mr. Lander's bizarre conduct to the Canadian Judicial Council but no remedial action was undertaken and Justice Lander remained on the bench for a further nine years.
Subsequent investigations showed that Justice Ross Lander had a pattern of selling property to insiders at below market value and without permitting the property to be exposed to the market which is exactly what he did in the case of the property owned by Ms. Gibbs.