Carolyn Layden-Stevenson

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Carolyn Layden-Stevenson (23 July 1947 - 27 June 2012 [1] ) was a Canadian judge. She ruled on a number of cases and motions involving suspects accused of links to militant and terrorist organisations. [2]

Layden-Stevenson was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. Layden-Steven studied at the New Brunswick Teachers' College, St. Thomas University and University of New Brunswick. [3] She received a Bachelor of Teaching in 1970 and a Bachelor of Arts in 1971, both from St. Thomas University. [4] She worked as a guidance counsellor and teacher from 1967 until 1981. [3]

She received a Bachelor of Laws in 1984 from the University of New Brunswick. [4] She was called to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1981, and made partner at Stevenson & Stevenson in Fredericton the following year.

After seventeen years with the firm, [5] she was appointed Judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division and ex-officio member of the Court of Appeal (the Appeal Division) on 25 January 2002. [3] She was also appointed Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada on 18 April 2002. [3] After the Federal Court was split into two separate courts via the Courts Administration Service Act in 2003, she became a Judge of the Federal Court on 2 July 2003. [3] She was appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal on 12 December 2008. [4]

Layden-Stevenson died on 27 June 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson: Obituary and death notice on InMemoriam".
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Federal Court (Canada) - About the Court - Biographies - the Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson". Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
  4. 1 2 3 "Federal Court of Appeal Judicial Appointment Announced". Archived from the original on 23 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "Obituary of The Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson | York Funeral Home". yorkfh.com. Retrieved 17 August 2020.


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