Richard J. Scott

Richard J. Scott
OC OM KC
Richard J. Scott OC OM KC
Chief Justice of Manitoba
	In office; July 31, 1990 –March 1, 2013

Last updated July 06, 2024

As we have seen, courts in other jurisdictions have moved decisively away from the view that consideration of financial hardship on a severance application is an error. In those instances where evidence of financial hardship has not resulted in severance being granted, it is often the case that either the plaintiff's impecuniosity was the only factor in its favour, or it failed to demonstrate that it would be beneficial to sever. Here the motions court judge, in the exercise of his discretion, while recognizing the criteria set forth in Investors Syndicate, gave, in the particular circumstances before him, significant weight to considerations of the plaintiff's impecuniosity and the resulting access to justice issue. In doing so, he did not err.^[22]

Post-judicial career

Scott retired from the Court of Appeal on March 1, 2013,^[10] less than three weeks before he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 years.^[5] Following his retirement from the bench, he joined Hill Sokalski Walsh Olson as counsel on February 2, 2015, where he conducts an arbitration and mediation practice.^[23]^[24]

In July 2017, he was appointed to the Supreme Court Advisory Board by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.^[25] The board's mandate is to provide an independent, merit-based recommendation to fill the vacancy created by the upcoming retirement of Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.^[26]^[27]

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↑ MacPherson 2012, p. 1.
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1 2 3 Rollason, Kevin (February 14, 2013). "Appeal Court's Chief Justice Retiring 'Early'". Winnipeg Free Press. p. A10. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
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↑ "Court of Appeal Chief Justices". Manitoba Courts. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
↑ Thompson Dorfman Sweatman 2012, pp. 39, 43.
1 2 "Prime Minister Announces New Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments Process – Biographical Notes on Members of the Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments" (Press release). Ottawa: Government of Canada. August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
1 2 3 Goldsborough, Gordon (2016). "Judges of Manitoba". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
↑ Rice, Bueckert & Schroeder 2012, p. 61.
↑ Shaffer 1997, p. 2.
↑ Devlin 2011, p. 290.
↑ Rice, Bueckert & Schroeder 2012, pp. 41, 46.
↑ Rice, Bueckert & Schroeder 2012, p. 46.
↑ Rice, Bueckert & Schroeder 2012, p. 46; Steinfeld 2012, pp. 330, 332.
↑ Steinfeld 2012, pp. 330–331.
↑ Steinfeld 2012, p. 331.
↑ Rice, Bueckert & Schroeder 2012, p. 46; Steinfeld 2012, p. 331.
↑ Steinfeld 2012, p. 332.
↑ Rice, Bueckert & Schroeder 2012, p. 47.
↑ Rice, Bueckert & Schroeder 2012, p. 48.
↑ Rabson, Mia (August 2, 2016). "Manitobans Will Help Choose Supreme Court Justice". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
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Richard J. Scott OC OM KC

Chief Justice of Manitoba
In office July 31, 1990 –March 1, 2013