Roderick P. Wacowich

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Roderick P. Wacowich
Supreme Court of Alberta
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BornMarch 2, 1949 [1]
Education Bachelor of Arts (1970)
Bachelor of Laws (1972)
Alma mater University of Alberta

Roderick Phillip Wacowich is a former Canadian Master in Chambers in the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. [2] [3] [4]

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Career

Roderick P. Wacowich joined the Bar of Alberta in 1975. [lower-alpha 1] Throughout the 1970s, he worked as a lawyer for the office of the Solicitor General of Alberta, which at that time was known as the Attorney General of Alberta. [6] [7] [8] [9] In the 1980s, Wacowich also worked as a crown agent in the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. [10]

In April 1985, a previously completed inquiry into the death of James Townshend was re-opened following the introduction of new evidence by Wacowich. [11] After Townshend attempted an armed robbery in Edmonton's Abbottsfield Mall, he was shot and killed by Edmonton police. The Edmonton Police Service claimed that Townshend raised and pointed a shotgun toward them, prompting police retaliation; however, Wacowich obtained a letter written by a police informant which questioned the accuracy of the police narrative. [12] [13]

Throughout the 1980s, Wacowich supported the anti-abortion movement; in 1983, Wacowich signed the Right-To-Life Signature Proclamation, an Alberta anti-abortion petition, and in 1987, the Edmonton Journal reported that Wacowich was challenging anti-abortion doctors in court. [14] [15] [16] When Albertan doctors began charging fees for abortion referral letters in 1987, the Edmonton Journal reported that "Wacowich said the $84.50 fee covered everything involved with securing the therapeutic abortion and he question the doctors' desire to charge for the letter. 'What are they going to start charging for next -- Band-Aids?' he asked." [17]

Throughout the 1990s, Wacowich served as the Assistant Deputy Minister for Alberta Court Services. [18] [19]

In 2003, Wacowich became Master in Chambers for Alberta Justice. [19] [20] He retired on February 28, 2019. [21]

Notable trials

In June 1985, Wacowich represented Canadian psychologist Louise Nadeau in McNair v Nadeau et al. [22]

In 2018, he delivered judgement in Woitas v Tremblay and cited Kuipers v Gordon Riley Transport for Samuel Sereth Lieberman's dismissal of the plaintiff's suggestion that "the actions of the other drivers established a 'chain of causation' leading up to the collision involving the plaintiff." [23] [24] [25]

Notes

  1. ↑ In 2003, the Edmonton Journal reported "Wacowich has been with Alberta Justice for 28 years." [5]

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