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The Ontario Court of Justice is the provincial court of record [6] for the Canadian province of Ontario. The court sits at more than 200 locations across the province and oversees matters relating to family law , criminal law , and provincial offences.
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.
Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario (51 P) P. Province of Quebec (1763–1791) judges (7 P) U. Upper Canada judges (1 C, 54 P) Pages in category "Judges in ...
Among the Court of Appeal's most notable decisions was the 2003 ruling in Halpern v Canada (AG) that found defining marriage as between one man and one woman to violate Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, legalizing same-sex marriage in Ontario and making Canada the first jurisdiction in the world where same-sex marriage ...
[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 ...
Pages in category "Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Lists of Canadian judges" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Court of Appeal for Ontario; S.
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]