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The Alberta Court of Justice is an inferior court of first instance in Alberta, which means decisions from the Court of Justice may be appealed at the Court of King's Bench of Alberta and/or the Court of Appeal of Alberta. The Alberta Court of Justice hears the majority of criminal and civil cases in Alberta.
Lords of the Western Bench: A Biographical History of the Supreme and District Courts of Alberta, 1876-1990. Calgary: Legal Archives Society of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9681939-0-7. Mittelstadt, David (2014). People Principles Progress: The Alberta Court of Appeal's First Century 1914 to 2014 (PDF). Calgary: The Legal Archives Society of Alberta.
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Saskatchewan where she successfully argued that an addiction should be seen as a disability, and pro bono for the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund in Vriend v Alberta and R v Ewanchuk. [11] [12] She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2014. [13] Khullar was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta in 2017.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday nominated Alberta Judge Mary Moreau to the country's top court, setting up the first woman majority bench in the Supreme Court's 148-year history.
Lords of the Western Bench: A Biographical History of the Supreme and District Courts of Alberta, 1876-1990. Calgary: Legal Archives Society of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9681939-0-7. Middelstadt, David (2014). People principles progress : the Alberta Court of Appeal's first century, 1914-2014 (PDF). Calgary: The Legal Archives Society of Alberta.
In 2017, Moreau became the first woman to be appointed as the Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. [5] On October 26, 2023, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominated Moreau to the Supreme Court of Canada to replace Russell Brown following his resignation on June 12, 2023, following allegations of harassment. [ 6 ]
Judges of the court are made up of eight puisne judges and the Chief Justice. [38] Candidates must have either been a judge of a superior court or a lawyer for at least ten years in their province's bar. [39] Appointments are made by the Governor General of Canada on advice of the Prime Minister. [39]