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In Ontario, the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee (JAAC) is made up of 13 members: 7 lay members, 2 judges, 1 member appointed by the Ontario Judicial Council, and 3 from the legal community. [2] JAAC recommends a list of 3 or 4 candidates, far less than its federal counterpart. [3]
Michael H. Tulloch (born 1961/1962) is a Canadian judge. On December 19, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of Tulloch as the new Chief Justice of Ontario. He is the first Black judge appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal and the first Black Chief Justice of any province. [2] [3] [4]
The Superior Court of Justice (French: Cour supérieure de 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.
The Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee is responsible for finding suitable candidates for appointment as a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice. Only persons recommended by the Committee may be appointed. Appointments are made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Attorney General of Ontario.
Persons appointed a judge in the Province of Ontario, Canada. By province or territory: Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; ... Pages in category "Judges in Ontario"
[4] [5] Traditionally, three of the remaining judges are appointed from Ontario, two from the four western provinces, and one from the Atlantic provinces. The judges from these provinces, other than Quebec, must have been a judge of a superior court, or a member of the bar of one of those provinces for ten or more years prior to the appointment ...
Among many judges from the Court who have been elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada are Justices Rosalie Abella, Louise Arbour, Peter Cory, Louise Charron, Andromache Karakatsanis, Bora Laskin, Michael Moldaver, and Mahmud Jamal, as well as Bertha Wilson, who was the first female justice on both the Court of Appeal for Ontario (1975) and the ...
Apple Newton-Smith is a Canadian judge and former criminal defense lawyer. She was called to the bar in 1999. She was called to the bar in 1999. Newton-Smith was appointed as a provincial court judge effective March 13, 2019. [ 1 ]