Carolyn Layden-Stevenson
A "high profile"[1] Federal judge of Canada, Carolyn Layden-Stevenson has ruled on a number of cases and motions involving suspects accused of links to militant and terrorist organisations.
Life[]
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Layden studied at the New Brunswick Teachers' College, St. Thomas University and University of New Brunswick, and worked as a guidance counsellor and teacher until 1981. She was called to the Bar four years later, and made partner at Stevenson & Stevenson in Fredericton the following year. After seventeen years with the firm,[2] she was appointed Judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division and ex officio member of the Court of Appeal.[3] She was appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal on December 12, 2008.[4]
Death[]
Carolyn Layden-Stevenson died of natural causes on June 27, 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario.[5]
References[]
- ^ "YFile – York University's Journal of Record".
- ^ "Obituary of The Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson | York Funeral Home". yorkfh.com. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2008-09-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2008/doc_32317.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson: Obituary and death notice on InMemoriam".
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