Nova Scotia Supreme Court
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The Nova Scotia Supreme Court is a superior court in the province of Nova Scotia.
The Supreme Court consists of 25 judicial seats including the position of Chief Justice and Associate Chief Justice.[1] At any given time there may be one or more additional justices who sit as supernumerary justices.[1] The justices sit in 18 different locations around the province.
Jurisdiction[]
As with all superior courts across the country, the court is said to have inherent jurisdiction. It hears civil and criminal trials. The criminal trials can be judge alone or judge and jury. The court will also hear appeals from the provincial court, small claims court, Family court, and various provincial tribunals.
Appeals of Supreme Court decisions are then made to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.
History[]
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While the first court administering the Common Law was established in Annapolis Royal in 1721, the creation of a Supreme Court took place on October 21, 1754, several years before the Province was granted a legislative assembly.[3] The court is the oldest court in Canada and is among the oldest in North America.
Jonathan Belcher was appointed the first Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. The court's jurisdiction extended to the entire colony, which, after the Treaty of Paris ended the war with France in 1763, includes present day Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and eastern Maine.
In 1990, on the recommendation of the Nova Scotia Court Structure Task Force, the County and Supreme courts were merged to create a bench of 25 judges at the trial level. Since 1999, the Supreme Court also administers the Nova Scotia Family Division Court, with eight judges, that has jurisdiction over divorces and other family law cases in the Halifax and industrial Cape Breton.
Supreme Court Family Division[]
The Supreme Court includes the Family Division which adjudicates matters of family law in the regions of Halifax and Cape Breton. As Supreme Court Justices, they have authority over both divorce as well as all other family law matters, unlike their provincial court counterparts who do not have the federal authority to adjudicate divorces.
Justices of the Supreme Court[]
Name | Location | Date appointed | Appointed by | Prior position(s) |
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Chief Justice Deborah K. Smith[4] | Halifax | 2019 | Trudeau | Associate Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court (2004–2019) Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice (2001–2004) McInnes Cooper (1983 to 2001) |
Associate Chief Justice Patrick J. Duncan[5][6] | Halifax | 2007 | Harper | Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice (2007–2020)
Beveridge, MacPherson & Duncan (1986 to 2007) |
Justice Patrick Murray[7][8][9] | Sydney | 2010 | Harper | Murray, Gouthro, Wall LLP (2002 to 2010) Gillis and Murray LLP Stewart, McKelvey, Stirling, Scales LLP (1991 to 2002) |
Justice Pierre L. Muise[8][9] | Yarmouth | 2010 | Harper | Provincial Court Judge (2009 to 2010) NS Public Prosecution Service (1996 to 2009) |
Justice Peter Rosinski[10] | Halifax | 2010 | Harper | NS Public Prosecution Service (1989 to 2010) Appeal Crown (2005 to 2010) McLean & Associates (1989) Margeson & Wilson (1988) MacIntosh, MacDonnell & MacDonald (1986 to 1988) |
Justice James L. Chipman[11][12] | Halifax | 2013 | Harper | Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1998 to 2013) Cox Downie (1992 to 1998) |
Justice Joshua M. Arnold[11][12] | Halifax | 2013 | Harper | Arnold Pizzo McKegan LLP (1996 to 2013) NS Crown Attorney |
Justice Robin C. M. Gogan[11][12] | Sydney | 2013 | Harper | Breton Law Group (2011 to 2013) Sampson McDougall (2002 to 2011) |
Justice Denise Boudreau[13] | Halifax | 2013 | Harper | Public Prosecution Service of Canada (2007 to 2013) NS Legal Aid (1998–2007) LeBlanc, MacDonald, and Pickup (1994 to 1998) |
Justice Jamie Campbell[14] | Halifax | 2014 | Harper | Provincial Court Judge (2005 to 2014) Cox Hanson (1983 to 2005) |
Justice Jeffrey R. Hunt[15] | Truro | 2015 | Harper | Patterson Law (1992 to 2015) |
Justice D. Timothy Gabriel[16] | Halifax | 2016 | Trudeau | Provincial Court Judge (2010 to 2016)
Landry McGillivray (1982 to 2010) |
Justice Ann E. Smith[16] | Halifax | 2016 | Trudeau | Burchells LLP |
Justice Christa Brothers[17][18] | Halifax | 2017 | Trudeau | Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP |
Justice John Bodurtha[19] | Halifax | 2018 | Trudeau | Atlantic Regional Office, Justice Canada |
Justice Darlene Jamieson | Halifax | 2018 | Trudeau | Merrick Jamieson Sterns Washington & Mahody |
Justice Scott Norton | Pictou | 2018 | Trudeau | Stewart McKelvey |
Justice John Keith | Halifax | 2019 | Trudeau | Weir Foulds, Toronto (1993–1999)
Cox & Palmer, Halifax (2000–2019) |
Justice Diane Rowe | Bridgewater | 2020 | Trudeau | Department of Justice |
Justice Jean Dewolfe | Kentville | 2021 | Trudeau | Provincial Court of Nova Scotia |
Justice Lloyd Berliner | 2021 | Trudeau | Patterson Law | |
Justice Gail Gatchalian | Halifax | 2021 | Trudeau | Pink Larkin Lawyers |
Name | Location | Date appointed | Appointed by | Prior position(s) |
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Justice Frank C. Edwards | Sydney | 1993 | Chrétien | |
Justice Gerald R. P. Moir[20] | Halifax | 1997 | Chrétien | Burchell, MacDougall (1984 to 1997) Federal Business Development Bank (1980 to 1984) Weldo, Misener & Covert (1977 to 1980) |
Justice Robert William Wright[21] | Halifax | 1998 | Chrétien | Daley, Black & Moreira |
Justice C. Richard Coughlan[22] | Bridgewater | 2001 | Chrétien | Coughlan and Coughlan |
Justice Mona M. Lynch[23] | Bridgewater | 2002 | Chrétien | Dept of Justice, Youth Crime NS Legal Aid (1987 to 1999) Justice of Family Division NS Legal Aid |
Justice Gregory M. Warner [24] | Kentville | 2003 | Chrétien | Warner, Jacquard Pink Macdonald Harding Town of Yarmouth |
Justice Kevin Coady[24] | Halifax | 2003 | Chrétien | Coady Filiter |
Justice N. M. (Nick) Scaravelli[25] | Pictou/Antigonish | 2006 | Harper | Macintosh MacDonnell & MacDonald (1977 to 2006) Fitzgerald and Assoc. (1974 to 1977) |
Justice Glen G. McDougall[26][27] | Halifax | 2001 | Chrétien | Sampson McDougall LLP (1983 to 2001) |
Past Judges[]
Name | Prior position(s) |
---|---|
Justice M. Heather Robertson | Supreme Court Justice (1998–2021) Chief of Staff to the Premier of Nova Scotia (1995) Burchell, MacDougall (1986 to 1998) Walker, Dunlop (1985 to 1986) |
Chief Justice Joseph Phillip Kennedy | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (1998) (CJ) Supreme Court Justice (1997) Chief Judge of Provincial Court (1993 to 1997) Provincial Court Judge (1978 to 1993) Kenney, Theakson, Kennedy & Allen (1969 to 1978) |
Justice Felix A. Cacchione[28] | Supreme Court Justice (June 12, 1986, to February 27, 2018) Private Practice Nova Scotia Legal Aid |
Justice Elizabeth Van den Eynden[12][15] (Oct 2, 2013 to February, 2015) | |
Justice Arthur W. D. Pickup[29][23] | Supreme Court Justice (December 11, 2002, to September 30, 2016) LeBlanc, MacDonald & Pickup (1975 to 2002) |
Justice Linda Lee Oland (1998–2000) appointed to Court of Appeal | |
Justice Arthur Joseph LeBlanc (1998–2017) appointed Lieutenant Governor[30] | |
Justice Joseph Michael MacDonald (1995–2005) appointed to Court of Appeal | |
Justice Marlene Jill Hamilton (1995–2001)[31] appointed to Court of Appeal (Oct 31, 2001) | |
Justice John Edward Flinn (1995–2002) | |
Justice J. Edward Scanlan (1993–2015) appointed to Court of Appeal | |
Justice Hiram Joseph Carver (1993–2005) | |
Justice Nancy Jean Bateman (1993–1995) appointed to Court of Appeal | |
Justice Charles Edward Haliburton[32] | Supreme Court Justice (January 1993 to 2013) Eric Kinsman (1962 to 1986) Member of Parliament (1972 to 1974, 1979 to 1980) |
Justice Ian Palmeter (County Court: 1985–1993) (1993–1997) | |
Justice Simon James MacDonald[33] | Supreme Court Justice (January 30, 1993 to December 17, 2016) County Court Judge (November 18, 1982 to January 30, 1993) NS Crown attorney MacIntyre, MacDonald & Gillis federal Department of Justice |
Justice Donald MacKinnon Hall (County: 1982 to 1993) (1993–2006) | |
Justice Douglas Lawrence MacLennan (1993–?) | |
Justice Norman Robert Anderson (1993–1998) | |
Justice John Hugh MacDonnell (1993–1995) | |
Justice Murray James Ryan (1993–1994) | |
Justice Ronald Newton Pugsley (1993–2000) | |
Justice Jamie William Sutherland Saunders (1990–2015) | |
Justice David William Gruchy (1990–2007) | |
Justice Walter Robert Evans Goodfellow (1990–2009) | |
Justice Allan Paul Boudreau[34] | Supernumerary (2007 to October 31, 2016) Supreme Court Justice (March 30, 1990 to 2007) Crawford, Boudreau & Khattar (1975 to March 30, 1990) |
Justice Gerald B Freeman (County: 1988 to 1990) (1990–1993) appointed to the Court of Appeal | |
Justice Elizabeth Ann MacKinnon Roscoe (1989–1992) Appointed to Court of Appeal | |
Justice David Ritchie Chipman (1987–2000) | |
Justice John McNab Davison (1987–2008) | |
Justice Gordon Alfred Tidman (1985–2007) | |
Justice Francis Bernard William Kelly (1985–2009) | |
Justice Kenneth McNeill Matthews (1985–1997) | |
Justice Robert Buckley MacDonald (1985–1995) | |
Justice Hilroy Selig Nathanson (1982–2007) | |
Justice Daniel Merlin Nunn (1982–2005)[35] | |
Justice Lorne Otis Clarke (1981–1997) Appointed to Court of Appeal | |
Justice Roderick MacLeod Rogers (1981–1998) | |
Justice Charles Denne Burchell (1979–1989) | |
Justice Kenneth Peter Richard (1978–?) | |
Justice Leonard Lawson Pace (1978–1990) | |
Justice Constance Rachlle Glube (1977–1998) appointed to Court of Appeal | |
Justice James Doane Hallett (1977–1990) appointed to Court of Appeal | |
Justice William Johnston Grant (1977–1995) | |
Justice Angus Lewis Macdonald (1973–1992) | |
Justice Alexander Murdoch Macintosh (1973–1991) | |
Justice Ian Malcolm MacKeigan (1973–1990) | |
Justice Vincent Alan James Morrison (1973–1987) | |
Justice Malachi Cornelius Hubert Jones (1970–1979) appointed to Court of Appeal | |
Justice Gordon Leavitt Shaw Hart (1968–1999) | |
Justice Donald Joseph Gillis (1968–1973) | |
Justice Arthur Gordon Cooper (1968–1983) | |
Justice Justin Louis Dubisky (1967–1976) | |
Justice Gordon Stewart Cowan (1966–1981) | |
Justice Alexander Hugh McKinnon (1966–1973) | |
Justice Ronald Manning Fielding (1965–1972) | |
Justice Vincent Joseph Pottier (1965–1970) | |
Justice Thomas Herbert Coffin (1961–1981) | |
Justice Frederick William Bissett (1961–1977) | |
Justice Frank Harris Patterson (1958–1965) | |
Justice Vincent Christopher MacDonald (1950–1964) | |
Justice Lauchlin Daniel Currie (1949–1968) | |
Justice James Lorimer llsley (1949–1967) | |
Justice Eugene Troop Parker (1948–1961) | |
Justice Josiah H. MacQuarrie (1947–1968) | |
Justice John Stanley Smiley (1938–1945) |
Judges of the Supreme Court Family Division[]
Name | Location | Appointed by | Prior position(s) |
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Associate Chief Justice Lawrence I. O'Neil[36] | Halifax | Stephen Harper September 19, 2007 | Justice of Family Division (19 September 2007 to present) NS Legal Aid, Antigonish (1999 to 2007) Pickup & MacDowell (1997 to 1999) Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada (1990 to 1993) Sole Practitioner (1989 to 1990) Member of Parliament (1984 to November 21, 1988) Assistant to the Premier of Nova Scotia (1980 to 1982) |
Justice Leslie J. Dellapinna[37] | Halifax | Jean Chrétien June 7, 2001 | Cox Hanson O'Reilly Matheson |
Justice Theresa M. Forgeron[38] | Sydney | Paul Martin June 24, 2005 | H. F. MacIntyre and Associates |
Justice Kenneth Haley[39] | Sydney | Stephen Harper July 31, 2008 | Crown attorney (1984 to 2008) MacLellan, MacDonald & Haley (1980 to 1984) |
Justice Elizabeth Jollimore[40] | Halifax | Stephen Harper November 28, 2008 | Stewart McKelvey (1988 to 2008) Olsers (1987 to 1988) |
Justice Beryl A. MacDonald[41] | Halifax | Paul Martin March 24, 2005 | Hicks, LeMoine |
Justice Robert M. Gregan[42][43] | Sydney | Stephen Harper June 24, 2015 | NS Legal Aid Hicks, Lemoine (1991 to 2003) |
Justice Robert Ferguson[44] | Halifax | Chrétien March 24, 1999 | McIntyre, Gillis & Ferguson (1962 to 1971) Family Court (1971 to 1999) |
Justice Carole A. Beaton[45] | Halifax | Stephen Harper February 4, 2011 | Provincial court (2002 to 2011) Beaton Blaikie (1994 to 2002) Sole practitioner (1992 to 1994) Creighton & Shatford (1988 to 1992) |
Justice C. Lou Ann Chiasson[15] | Halifax | Stephen Harper February 6, 2015 | Weldon McInnes (2000 to 2015) Chiasson McClure (1995 to 2000) Sole practitioner (1994 to 1995) Burchell MacAdam & Hayman (1992 to 1994) |
Justice Cindy G. Cormier[46] | Halifax | Stephen Harper October 10, 2014 | Department of Justice |
Justice R. Lester Jesudason | Halifax | Stephen Harper May 5, 2015 | Blois Nickerson (1997 to 2015) |
Justice Pamela J. MacKeigan | Halifax | Justin Trudeau October 20, 2016 | Blois Nickerson NS Legal Aid |
Justice Lee Anne MacLeod-Archer | Sydney | Stephen Harper April 11, 2014 | Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales (1992 to 2002) LaFosse MacLeod (2002 to 2014) |
Justice Cindy Murray[18] | Halifax | Justin Trudeau July 18, 2017 | NS Legal Aid (1993 to 2017) |
Name | Location | Date of appointment | Prior position(s) |
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Justice R. James Williams[44] | Halifax | March 24, 1999 | Walker, Dunlop (1986 to 1987) Blois, Nickerson, Palmeter and Bryson (1987 to 1999) |
Justice Moira C. Legere-Sers[44] | Port Hawkesbury | March 24, 1999 | NS Legal Aid (1993 to 1999) Maritime Life Assurance Company (1980 to 1984) Boyne Clark (1977 to 1980) |
Justice Deborah Gass[44] | Halifax | March 24, 1999 | Executive Director of the Penitentiary Legal Services (1979 to 1991) Wright, Chivers & Co (1977) |
Justice Darryl W. Wilson[44] | Sydney | March 24, 1999 | Family Court (1985 to 1999) Crown attorney (1980 to 1982) Edwards & Wilson (1976 to 1980) |
Name | Prior position(s) |
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Justice M. Clare MacLellan[47][44] | Provincial Court Judge (1995 to 1998) and Supreme Court Family Division (1998 to 2017) |
Justice Douglas C. Campbell[48][44] | Family Division, Halifax (March 30, 1999, to May 31, 2016) Cox Hansen O'Reilly Matheson (1971 to March 30, 1999) |
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External links[]
- Nova Scotia courts
- Superior courts in Canada
- 1750s establishments in Nova Scotia
- Courts and tribunals established in 1754