Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal)

From Criminal Law Notebook
This page was last substantively updated or reviewed January 2023. (Rev. # 92655)

Distribution of Judges

Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador

21 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador are as follows:

(a) the Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador, $371,400;
(b) the five Judges of Appeal, $338,800 each;

[omitted (c) and (d)]
R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 21; R.S., 1985, c. 41 (1st Supp.), s. 8, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 27 (2nd Supp.), s. 2, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 1989, c. 8, s. 62001, c. 7, s. 13; 2006, c. 11, s. 12012, c. 31, s. 210; 2017, c. 20, s. 2092021, c. 23, s. 258; 2022, c. 10, s. 350.

(DOJ)


Court

4. (1) The court consists of the following:

(a) the Chief Justice, who shall also be the Chief Justice of the court;
(b) 5 other judges, who shall be called Justices of Appeal;
(c) any former Chief Justice who has elected under section 13 to continue as a puisne judge for so long as he or she continues; and
(d) as many judges who have elected supernumerary status under section 12 as are in office.

(2) Subject to the rules, the court shall sit in the City of St. John's and may sit in other locations within the province at the places and times that the Chief Justice directs.

(3) Each judge of the court shall maintain his or her principal residence in the City of St. John's or within an area of 50 kilometres by road from that city.

Current members

(Full complement of 6)[1]

Prince Edward Island Pop (2021): 520,286
Pop. per Justice: ~87k

# Position / Name Appointed Nominated by Position Prior to Appointment Other Details
1 Chief Justice Deborah Fry [2] June 22, 2018 (CJ) J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Supreme Court (Trial Division) Published criminal decisions
2 Francis P. O’Brien [3] June 08, 2017 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Director of Legal Education, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
private practice
Director of Education of Law Society
Called to bar (1991)
Published criminal decisions
3 William H. Goodridge [4] October 19, 2018 J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib) Stewart McKelvey
Stirling Ryan
Called to bar (1982)
Published criminal decisions
4 Francis J. Knickle August 06, 2021 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court (May 2017 to 2021)
5 Daniel M. Boone June 6, 2022 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court (2018 to 2022)
Stewart McKelvey (1989 to 2018)
Called to bar (1989)
Published criminal decisions
Published criminal decisions (~0)
6 Katherine O’Brien [5] October 24, 2022 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court (2019 to 2022)
O’Brien and Associates (2003 to 2019)
Called to bar (2002)
Published criminal decisions
Published criminal decisions (~0)

Supernumerary

Position / Name Appointed Nominated by Position Prior to Appointment Other Details
Justice Gillian D. Butler [6] May 1, 2019 J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Supreme Court (March 2007)
Chair of Human Rights Commission
private practice
Called to bar (1980)
Published criminal decisions
Justice Lois R. Hoegg [7] 2010 Harper / Nicholson (CPC) Supreme Court (Trial Division) (2007 to 2010)
Ches Crosbie Barristers (1992 to 2007)
Director of Law Society (1989 to 1992)
Crown attorney (1983 to 1988)
Called to bar (1983)
Published criminal decisions

Previous Justices

External links

Notes

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