Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

This page was last substantively updated or reviewed April 2023. (Rev. # 95440)

Distribution of Judges

Composition of Court of Appeal

16 (1) The Court of Appeal shall be composed of the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, who shall be the chief justice of the Court of Appeal, and seven other judges.

(2) For each office of judge of the Court of Appeal there shall be the additional office of supernumerary judge of the Court of Appeal and for the office of Chief Justice of Nova Scotia there shall be such additional offices of judge as are, from time to time, required for the purpose of section 32 of the Judges Act (Canada).

1992, c.16, s. 45.

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Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

14 The yearly salaries of the judges of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia are as follows:

(a) the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, $371,400;

(b) the seven other judges of the Court of Appeal, $338,800 each;

[omitted (c) and (d)]
R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 14; R.S., 1985, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 4, c. 39 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 1989, c. 8, s. 2; 1992, c. 51, s. 5; 2001, c. 7, s. 6; 2006, c. 11, s. 1; 2012, c. 31, s. 210; 2017, c. 20, s. 202; 2022, c. 10, s. 343.

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Judges

(Full complement of 8)[1]

Nova Scotia Pop. (2021): 979,000

#	Position / Name	Appointed	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other details
1	Michael J. Wood [2] [3]	April 17, 2019	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Supreme Court (2011 to 2019) Burchells LLP (1982 to 2011) Called to bar (1982) Dalhousie grad (1982)	Published criminal decisions (CA) Published criminal decisions (SC)
2	David P.S. Farrar [4][5]	February 10, 2010	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Supreme Court (Sept 9, 2009 to 2010) Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1987 to 2009) Mockler Allen Dixon Called to bar (1987) UNB grad (1986)	Published criminal decisions (CA) Published criminal decisions (SC) (~4)
3	Peter M.S. Bryson [6] [7]	August 11, 2010	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Supreme Court (Sept 9, 2009 to 2010) McInnes Cooper (1982 to 2009) Called to bar (1982) Dalhousie grad (1981)	Published criminal decisions (CA) Published criminal decisions (SC) (~5)
4	Cindy A. Bourgeois [8] [9]	June 22, 2014	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Supreme Court (2009 to 2014) Hicks, LeMoyne LLP (1992 to 2009) Called to bar (1992) Dalhousie grad	Published criminal decisions (CA) Published criminal decisions (SC)
5	Elizabeth Van den Eynden [10][11]	February 6, 2015	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Supreme Court (2013 to 2015) MacIntosh, MacDonnell & MacDonald (1988 to 2013) Called to bar (1988)	Published criminal decisions
6	Anne Derrick [12]	July 18, 2017	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Provincial Court (2007 to 2017) Beaton Derrick (1984 to 2007) Called to bar (1981) Dalhousie grad	Published criminal decisions (CA) Published criminal decisions (PC) (~174)
7	Carole A. Beaton [13]	June 24, 2019	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Supreme Court (Fam Div) (2011 to 2019) Provincial Court (2003 to 2011) Beaton Blaikie (1994) Called to bar (1988)	Published criminal decisions (CA) Published criminal decisions (PC)
8	Robin C. M. Gogan [14] [15]	February 20, 2024	J. Trudeau / Virani (Lib)	Supreme Court(October 2, 2013 to February 20, 2024) Breton Law Group (2011 to 2013) Sampson McDougall (2002 to 2011) Called to bar (1988)	Published criminal decisions (~30) (as of the end of December 2023)

Supernumerary

Position / Name	Appointed	Nominated By	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Joel E. Fichaud [16]	September 26, 2003 (Judge) October 31, 2018 (sup)	Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib)	Patterson Palmer Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions grad photo
J. Edward Scanlan [17]	October 2, 2013	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Supreme Court (1993 to 2013) Scanlan Graham Scanlan Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions

Justices (Historical)

• Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (Historical)

Contact Info

The Law Courts
1815 Upper Water St.
Halifax, NS B3J 1S7

Phone: (902) 424-6937
After Hours (902) 424-8988
Fax: (902) 424-0646

Registrar:
Phone: (902) 424-8962
Fax: (902) 424-0524

See Also

• NSCA composition

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