Justice Gomery’s “love of sensationalism” is said to have lead to some tainted Liberal reputations

Gomery made "inappropriate and ill-advised comments," including the statement that Chrétien's handing out of golf balls emblazoned with his name was "small-town cheap."

That had a detrimental effect on the fairness of the hearings into the sponsorship affair, because the public could conclude that Gomery had prejudged the issues he was supposed to investigate, Teitelbaum said.

"When you're seriously criticized by a judge who points out errors and inappropriate comments that you made, it's not pleasant — to read about the mistakes that you have made or might have made," Gomery told CBC News. 'It is particularly disappointing that I am held to be, appear to be, a biased judge.”