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The Court is composed of the Chief Judge and 48 other judges. [2] The judges are appointed by the provincial government.To be eligible for appointment, a person must have at least 10 years' experience as a lawyer, or have other legal experience which is satisfactory to the Judicial Council of Saskatchewan. [3]
The first is the term "provincial court", which has two quite different meanings, depending on context. The first, and most general meaning, is that a provincial court is a court established by the legislature of a province, under its constitutional authority over the administration of justice in the province, set out in s. 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867. [2]
Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights are some of the most extensive in the world. [5] [6] [7] Same-sex sexual activity, in private between consenting adults, was decriminalized in Canada on June 27, 1969, when the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 (also known as Bill C-150) was brought into force upon royal assent. [1]
Ontario Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee. 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]
Regina Court House. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal is the highest court in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. There are 8 official judicial positions, including the Chief Justice, who make up the Court of Appeal. [ 1] At any given time there may be one or more additional justice siting as supernumerary justices. [ 1]
The Provincial Court convicted him of the offence and fined him $1,000. [24] Ahenakew appealed to the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench, arguing that the conversation with the reporter was a private conversation, and also that his statements did not meet the test for wilfully promoting hatred. In 2006, the Queen's Bench allowed the appeal ...
In 1998, Turpel-Lafond was appointed as a Provincial Court judge in Saskatchewan. [21] At the time, she was thought to be the first Treaty Indian to be appointed as a Provincial Court judge in Saskatchewan. [3] [13] [14] In 2017, Turpel-Lafond was said to be under consideration as a potential appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada. [16]
Robert G. Richards is the Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, Canada. He was appointed in June 2013. [1] Richards earned a Bachelor of Commerce (1975) and a Bachelor of Laws (1979) from the University of Saskatchewan, and obtained a Masters of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1982. [2][3] He was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1983 and the Bar of ...