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The current chief justice is Richard Wagner, who took office on December 18, 2017, succeeding Beverley McLachlin. Born in Montreal on April 2, 1957, Wagner had been a puisne Supreme Court justice for 5 years, 74 days at the time of his elevation to chief justice. He previously sat on the Quebec Court of Appeal .
Richard Wagner PC ( French pronunciation: [vaɡnɛʁ]; [ 2] born April 2, 1957) is a Canadian jurist serving as the 18th and current Chief Justice of Canada since 2017. He previously served as a puisne justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal (2011–2012) and of the Supreme Court of Canada (2012–2017).
2022 SCC 23. May 27, 2022. Constitutionality of life imprisonment without realistic possibility of parole. Murray‑Hall v Quebec (Attorney General) 2023 SCC 10. April 14, 2023. Extent of double aspect doctrine, where federal and provincial laws may take different approaches, while sharing a common purpose.
3 years, 102 days. Mackenzie (directly as chief justice) Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1837) Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Canada West. 2. William Johnstone Ritchie (1813–1892) New Brunswick. September 30, 1875 –September 25, 1892. January 11, 1879 –September 25, 1892.
Mahmud Jamal (born 1967) is a Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021. Jamal worked as a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt and taught law at McGill University and Osgoode Hall Law School before he was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 2019. He was nominated to the Supreme Court on ...
Carter v Canada (AG), 2015 SCC 5 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision where the prohibition of assisted suicide was challenged as contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") by several parties, including the family of Kay Carter, a woman suffering from degenerative spinal stenosis, and Gloria Taylor, a woman suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ("ALS ...
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; French: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada. [2] 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 of Canada ( French: Cour suprême du Canada ), the highest court of Canada, and the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system, is composed of nine justices—a chief justice and eight puisne judges —appointed by the Governor General-in-Council. Altogether, 88 persons have served on the Court since it was created ...