MONTREAL — A judicial rights group is denouncing the recent appointment of judge Robert Leckey to Quebec Superior Court, filing a motion in the hope the court will declare it illegal and unconstitutional.

The group, Droits collectifs Québec, says Leckey doesn’t meet basic eligibility requirements needed to take on the role.

Under federal legislation, to become a judge at a superior court, one needs to have served at least 10 years as a member of their provincial bar association. According to the group, the former Dean at McGill University’s Faculty of Law had only served seven years in the Quebec bar as of his appointment on Jan. 27.

“Quebec judges have to be members of the Quebec bar for at least 10 years. Why? Because you have to have practised here, you have to know Quebec law to be

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