Related Research Articles
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada. It comprises nine justices, whose decisions are the ultimate application of Canadian law, and grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts. The Supreme Court is bijural, hearing cases from two major legal traditions and bilingual, hearing cases in both official languages of Canada.
St. Thomas University is a Catholic, English-language liberal arts university located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is a primarily undergraduate university offering bachelor's degrees in the arts, education, and social work to approximately 1,900 students. The average class size is 30 and no class is larger than 60.
Osgoode Hall Law School, commonly shortened to Osgoode, is the law school of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Beverley Marian McLachlin is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the position. She is considered by many to be among the finest legal minds in the history of the Supreme Court.
Dominic A. LeBlanc is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs since 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, LeBlanc sits as the member of Parliament (MP) for Beauséjour, representing the New Brunswick riding in the House of Commons since 2000. He has held a number of Cabinet portfolios throughout his tenure in government.
The Federal Court of Canada, which succeeded the Exchequer Court of Canada in 1971, was a national court of Canada that had limited jurisdiction to hear certain types of disputes arising under the federal government's legislative jurisdiction. Originally composed of two divisions, the Appellate Division and the Trial Division, in 2003 the Court was split into two separate Courts, the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal. The jurisdiction and powers of the two courts remained largely unchanged from the predecessor divisions.
William Alexander Stevenson was a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1990 to 1992.
The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the state in civil matters, and hears the most serious criminal matters. Whilst the Supreme Court is the highest New South Wales court in the Australian court hierarchy, an appeal by special leave can be made to the High Court of Australia.
The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick is the appellate court in the province of New Brunswick. There are five Justices, one Chief Justice, any former judge of the Court of Appeal who is a supernumerary judge and any former Chief Justice of New Brunswick who is a judge or a supernumerary judge. The court sits in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Cases are heard by a panel of three judges.
Bradley V. Green, is a Canadian lawyer, judge and a former politician in the Province of New Brunswick.
Carolyn Chalmers Simpson was a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for 24 years and of its Court of Appeal for nearly three. Justice Simpson made legal history in 1999 as one of three women judges who formed the first all-female bench to sit in an Australian court. In 194-year history, she is the second woman appointed to the court.
Anne L. Mactavish is a Canadian jurist who is a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal.
William Lloyd Hoyt, is a Canadian lawyer and judge. He was Chief Justice of New Brunswick from 1993 to 1998.
Luc Martineau is a Canadian judge currently serving on the Canadian Federal Court.
The HonourableMarc Noël is the Chief Justice of the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal. He will be retiring as Chief Justice and as a judge of the Court as of August 1, 2023.
The Honourable Karen Merle Weiler is a retired justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada.
The Honourable or The Honorable is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions.
Carolyn Wright-Sanders is an American lawyer, jurist and a former Chief Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas, serving in that position from November 17, 2009 to December 31, 2018.
Michelle O'Bonsawin is a Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada since September 1, 2022. Before her appointment to the Supreme Court, she served as a judge on the Ontario Superior Court of Justice from 2017 to 2022. O'Bonsawin is the first Indigenous Canadian to serve as a Supreme Court justice.
References
- 1 2 "The Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson: Obituary and death notice on InMemoriam".
- ↑ "High-profile justices from around the globe attend York workshop". YFile – York University's Journal of Record. 6 May 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009.
- ↑ "Obituary of The Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson | York Funeral Home". yorkfh.com. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ↑ "Federal Court (Canada) - About the Court - Biographies - the Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson". Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
- ↑ "Federal Court of Appeal Judicial Appointment Announced". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help)
   | This Canadian biographical article relating to law is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |