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The Supreme Court of Canada hears appeals from less than 3% of the decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, therefore in a practical sense, the Court of Appeal is the last avenue of appeal for most litigants in Ontario. [2] Among the Court of Appeal's most notable decisions was the 2003 ruling in Halpern v Canada (AG) that found defining ...
Eileen E. Gillese is a justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.She is a graduate of the University of Alberta and Oxford University.Before her appointment to the Court of Appeal, Gillese was a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
A select number of decisions from the courts of appeal have proven to be the leading case law in a number of fields and have subsequently been adopted across all provinces, or else they are famous decisions in their own right. Most frequently the decisions were never appealed or were denied leave to the Supreme Court of Canada. The notable ...
Edward Leonard Greenspan, [1] QC (February 28, 1944 – December 24, 2014) [2] was one of Canada's most famous defence lawyers, and a prolific author of legal volumes. [3] His fame was owed to numerous high-profile clients and to his national exposure on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio series (and later a CBC television series) Scales of Justice (1982–94).
Coulter Arthur Anthony Osborne OOnt KC (April 29, 1934 – April 19, 2023) was a Canadian arbitrator who served as Associate Chief Justice of Ontario. Early life and education [ edit ]
It united and continued the three courts of original jurisdiction (Queen's Bench, Chancery, and Common Pleas) and the Court of Appeal into a single Supreme Court of Judicature for Ontario, with two divisions: (1) the Court of Appeal, with five judges; and (2) the High Court of Justice, with twelve judges.
After the court system was reorganized in 1999, LeSage was Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice before retiring in 2002. In 1995, LeSage presided over the trial of Paul Bernardo in connection with the kidnapping, torture, and murders of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy in St. Catharines, Ontario. LeSage has said this was the ...
Pages in category "Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. ... This page was last edited on 27 ...