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.
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.
Roland Roy McMurtry,is a Canadian lawyer,retired judge and former politician in Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1985,serving in the cabinet of Bill Davis as Attorney General and as Solicitor General. After leaving politics,McMurtry was High Commissioner of Canada to the United Kingdom between 1985 and 1988. He became a judge in 1991 and was appointed as Chief Justice of Ontario in 1996. McMurtry retired from the bench in 2007 and returned to the private practice of law.
Frank Iacobucci is a former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1991 until his retirement from the bench in 2004. He was the first Italian-Canadian,allophone judge on the court. Iacobucci was also the first judge on the Supreme Court to have been born,raised and educated in British Columbia. Iacobucci has had a distinguished career in private practice,academia,the civil service and the judiciary.
The court system of Canada forms the country's judiciary,formally known as "The King on the Bench",which interprets the law and is made up of many courts differing in levels of legal superiority and separated by jurisdiction. Some of the courts are federal in nature,while others are provincial or territorial.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Gowlings) was a Canadian and international law firm,with about 700 legal professionals in 10 offices in Canada and as well as London,Moscow,and Beijing. The firm offered legal support in business law,advocacy/litigation and intellectual property law.
The Superior Court of Justice is a superior court in Ontario. The Court sits in 52 locations across the province,including 17 Family Court locations,and consists of over 300 federally appointed judges.
The government of Ontario is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Ontario. A constitutional monarchy,the Crown—represented in the province by the lieutenant governor—is the corporation sole,assuming distinct roles:the executive,as the Crown-in-Council;the legislature,as the Crown-in-Parliament;and the courts,as the Crown-on-the-Bench. The functions of the government are exercised on behalf of three institutions—the Executive Council;the Provincial Parliament;and the judiciary,respectively. Its powers and structure are partly set out in the Constitution Act,1867.
The Ontario Court of Justice is the provincial court of record for the Canadian province of Ontario. The court sits at more than 200 locations across the province and oversees matters relating to family law,criminal law,and provincial offences.
Henry John Boulton,was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada and the Province of Canada,as well as Chief Justice of Newfoundland.
Patrick J. LeSage is the former Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Judicial appointmentsin Canada are made by the federal government or provincial government. Superior and federal court judges are appointed by federal government,while inferior courts are appointed by the provincial government.
The government of Arizona is the governmental structure of the state of Arizona as established by the Arizona Constitution. The executive is composed of the Governor,several other statewide elected officials,and the Governor's cabinet. The Arizona Legislature consists of the House of Representatives and Senate. The judiciary is composed of the Arizona Supreme Court and lower courts. There is also local government,consisting of counties,municipalities and special districts.
WeirFoulds LLP is a Canadian law firm based in Toronto,Ontario. The firm specializes in litigation,corporate,property and government law. It is one of Canada's oldest law firms.
Harvey Thomas Strosberg,is a Canadian lawyer. He is a senior partner at the law firm of Strosberg,Sasso,Sutts LLP.
Gowling WLG is a multinational law firm formed by the combination of Canada-based Gowlings and UK-based Wragge Lawrence Graham &Co in February 2016,in the first multinational law firm combination co-led by a Canadian firm. Gowling WLG ranks at number 16 in The Lawyer UK 200 2019. On the list of largest law firms by revenue,Gowling WLG ranked as the highest revenue producing firm in Canada and 74th in the world (US$587,140,000) in 2017.
Paul B. Schabas is a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Doug Downey is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario during the 2018 general election. He represents the riding of Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte,and is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Downey was named Parliamentary Assistant to Finance Minister Vic Fedeli shortly after the government was sworn in. He was appointed to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs on July 26,2018,vice-chair of the Select Committee on Financial Transparency on October 3,2018;deputy government whip on November 5,2018 and Attorney General on June 20,2019.
Ontario's Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission was a commission started in July 2020 to investigate the spread of COVID-19 in Long Term Care Homes in Ontario,the impact on the staff and residents and what was done to mitigate the spread.. It was created under section 78 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
