Joel E. Fichaud

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Joel E. Fichaud is a judge of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal. He was appointed to the court October 2003 after the retirement of Edward J. Flynn. Prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeal he was a partner with Patterson Palmer in Halifax focusing on civil constitutional litigation.

Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Nova Scotia is the highest appeal court in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. There are currently 8 judicial seats including one assigned to the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia. At any given time there may be one or more additional justices who sit as supernumerary justices. The court sits in Halifax, which is the capital of Nova Scotia. Cases are heard by a panel of three judges. They publish approximately 80 cases each year.

He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1977. [1]

In 1977, following the election of the separatist Parti Québécois government the previous year, the Canadian Bar Association set up a Committee on the Constitution. The Committee's mandate was to study and make recommendations on the Constitution of Canada. [2] Fichaud was hired as the research assistant for the committee. The members of the Committee were drawn from each province of Canada, and included two future provincial premiers, a future Supreme Court of Canada justice, two future provincial chief justices, and a future Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations. The Committee presented its report to the CBA at the next annual meeting, in 1978.

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He was considered a contender for the 2008 opening at the Supreme Court of Canada after the retirement of Michel Bastarache. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Joel Fichaud". LawTok. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  2. ↑ CBA Resolution 77-01-A: Constitution of Canada - Special Committee; reproduced in Canadian Bar Association: Towards a new Canada - Committee on the Constitution, p. xv.
  3. ↑ "A supreme short-list: To whom will Harper turn?". Thecourt.ca. 2008-04-22. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
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