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. It is home to the Law Commission of Ontario,the Journal of Law and Social Policy,and the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. A variety of J.D. LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees in law are available.
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 was a Canadian lawyer,judge and 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 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 is made up of many courts differing in levels of legal superiority and separated by jurisdiction. In the courts,the judiciary interpret and apply the law of Canada. 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,as well as in 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.
Terrance Patrick O'Connor,QC is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1972 to 1974,and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1987. O'Connor was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. From 1993 to 2015 he was a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
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 consists of the executive,judiciary,and legislature 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.
Paul B. Schabas is a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Douglas Richard Downey KC 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.
