Nova Scotia Supreme Court

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(~X) = approximate number of published decisions according to CanLII as of Oct 2018, unless otherwise indicated.

Justices of the Supreme Court

(Full complement of 21, including Chief and Ass. Chief)[1]

Nova Scotia Pop. (2021): 979,000
Pop. per Justice: ~47k

Name	Location	Duration of Appointment	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other Details
Chief Justice Deborah K. Smith [2] [3]	Halifax	November 8, 2001 (Judge) 2004 (ACJ) June 24, 2019 (Chief)	Chrétien / McLellan (Lib) (Judge) Martin / Cotler (Lib) (ACJ) J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) (Chief)	McInnes Cooper (1983 to 2001) Called to bar (1984) Dal grad (1983)	Published criminal decisions (~1) (as of December 2019)
Associate Chief Justice Patrick J. Duncan [4][5]	Halifax	November 30, 2007	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Beveridge, MacPherson & Duncan (1986 to 2007) NS Legal Aid (1980 to 1986) Called to bar (1980)	Published criminal decisions (~51) (as of the end of 2019)
Justice Patrick Murray [6][7][8]	Sydney	August 10, 2010	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Murray, Gouthro, Wall LLP (2002 to 2010) Gillis and Murray LLP Stewart, McKelvey, Stirling, Scales LLP (1991 to 2002) Boudreau Beaton & LaFosse Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~30)
Justice Pierre L. Muise [9] [10]	Yarmouth	August 10, 2010	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Provincial Court Judge (2009 to 2010) Crown attorney (2001 to 2009) Pink MacDonald Harding (1998 to 2001) Legal Aid (1997 to 1998) Patterson Palmer (1996 to 1997) Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions (~3) (NSSC) (as of December 2019) Published criminal decisions (~0) (NSPC)
Justice Peter Rosinski [11]	Halifax	August 11, 2010	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	NS Public Prosecution Service (1989 to 2010) Appeal Crown (2005 to 2010) McLean & Associates (1989) Margeson & Wilson(1988) MacIntosh, MacDonnell & MacDonald (1986 to 1988) Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~75)
Justice James L. Chipman [12] [13]	Halifax	October 2, 2013	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Stewart McKelvey Sterling Scales LLP (1998 to 2013) Cox Downie (1992 to 1998) Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~45)
Justice Joshua M. Arnold [14] [15]	Halifax	October 2, 2013	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Arnold Pizzo McKegan LLP (1996 to 2013) NS Crown Attorney Called to bar (1990)	Published criminal decisions (~45)
Justice Robin C. M. Gogan [16] [17]	Sydney	October 2, 2013	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Breton Law Group (2011 to 2013) Sampson McDougall (2002 to 2011) Called to bar (1988)	Published criminal decisions (~15)
Justice Denise Boudreau [18]	Halifax	December 18, 2013	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Public Prosecution Service of Canada (2007 to 2013) NS Legal Aid (1998 - 2007) LeBlanc, MacDonald, and Pickup (1994 to 1998) Called to bar (1994)	Published criminal decisions (~8) (as of the end of 2019)
Justice Jamie Campbell [19]	Halifax	June 13, 2014	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Provincial Court Judge (2005 to 2014) Cox Hansen (1983 to 2005)	Published criminal decisions (~16)
Justice Jeffrey R. Hunt [20]	Truro	February 6, 2015	Harper / MacKay (CPC)	Patterson Law (1992 to 2015) Called to bar (1992)	Published criminal decisions (~6)
Justice D. Timothy Gabriel [21]	Halifax	October 20, 2016	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Provincial Court Judge (2010 to 2016) Landry McGillivray (1982 to 2010) Called to bar (1982)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Ann E Smith [22]	Halifax	October 20, 2016	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Burchells LLP (2002 to 2016) Stewart McKelvey Called to bar (1991)	Published criminal decisions (~2)
Justice Christa Brothers [23] [24]	Halifax	July 18, 2017	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Stewart McKelvey (1999 to 2017) Called to bar (1999)	Published criminal decisions (~17) (as of the end of 2019)
Justice John Bodurtha [25]	Halifax	August 31, 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Justice Canada (tax) (1997 to 2018) Legal Aid (1996 to 1997) Called to bar (1996)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Scott Norton [26]	Halifax	30 November 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Stewart McKelvey McInnes Cooper Called to bar (1984)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Darlene Jamieson [27]	Halifax	30 November 2018	J. Trudeau / Wilson-Raybould (Lib)	Merrick Jamieson Sterns Washington & Mahody Called to bar (1989)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice John A. Keith [28]	Kentville	March 26, 2019	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	Cox & Palmer (1999 to 2019) Called to bar (1993)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Diane Rowe [29]	Bridgewater	May 14, 2020	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	NS DOJ (2002 to 2020) Called to bar (1998) UNB grad (1997)	Published criminal decisions (~0)
Justice Gail L. Gatchalian			J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)
Judge Frank P. Hoskins [30] [31]	Pictou	July 2021	J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib)	NS Public Prosecution Service (1991 to 1995, 1996 to 2008) Pink Murray (1995 to 1996) Crosby Murtha (1990 to 1991) Called to bar (1990) Dal grad (1989)	Published criminal decisions (NSSC) Published criminal decisions (~26) (NSPC)

Supernumerary

Name	Location	Date appointed	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)	Other details
Justice Mona M. Lynch [32]	Bridgewater	December 12, 2002 (Judge) March 1, 2020 (sup) [33]	Chrétien / Cauchon (Lib)	Justice of Family Division Dept of Justice, Youth Crime NS Legal Aid (1987 to 1999) Called to bar (1986)	Published criminal decisions (~11) (as of December 2019)
Justice Robert William Wright [34]	Halifax	June 30, 1998	Chrétien / McLellan (Lib)	Daley, Black & Moreira Called to bar (1971)	Published criminal decisions (~60)
Justice C. Richard Coughlan [35]	Bridgewater	March 2, 2001	Chrétien / McLellan (Lib)	Coughlan and Coughlan Called to bar (1975)	Published criminal decisions (~50)
Justice Glen G. McDougall [36] [37]	Halifax	November 8, 2001 (Judge) May 14, 2018 (Sup.) [38]	Chrétien / McLellan (Lib)	Sampson McDougall LLP (1983 to 2001) Called to bar (1983)	Published criminal decisions (~45)
Justice Gregory M. Warner [39]	Kentville	November 6, 2003 (Judge) 1 January 2019 (Sup.)	Chretien	Warner, Jacquard Pink Macdonald Harding Town of Yarmouth Called to bar (1972)	Published criminal decisions (~32)
Justice Kevin Coady [40]	Halifax	November 6, 2003 (Judge) November 5, 2018 (Sup)	Chretien	Coady Filiter Called to bar (1981)	Published criminal decisions (~42)
Justice N.M. (Nick) Scaravelli [41]	Pictou/Antigonish	December 15, 2006 (Judge) December 16, 2016 (Sup)	Harper	Macintosh MacDonnell & MacDonald (1977 to 2006) Fitzgerald and Assoc. (1974 to 1977) Called to bar (1974)	Published criminal decisions (~50)

Judges of the Supreme Court Family Division

(Full complement of 15) - Division created March 24, 1999

Name	Jurisdiction	Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)
Associate Chief Justice Lawrence I. O'Neil [42]	Halifax		Harper	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 Theresa M. Forgeron [43]	Sydney	June 24, 2005	Martin	H.F. MacIntyre and Associates Called to bar (1987)
Justice Kenneth Haley [44]	Sydney	July 31, 2008	Harper	Crown attorney (1984 to 2008) MacLellan, MacDonald & Haley (1980 to 1984)
Justice Elizabeth Jollimore [45]	Halifax	November 28, 2008	Harper	Stewart McKelvey (1988 to 2008) Olsers (1987 to 1988)
Justice Robert M Gregan [46] [47]	Sydney	June 24, 2015	Harper	NS Legal Aid Hicks, Lemoine (1991 to 2003)
Justice Robert Ferguson [48]	Halifax	March 24, 1999	Chretien	McIntyre, Gillis & Ferguson (1962 to 1971) Family Court (1971 to 1999)
Justice C. Lou Ann Chiasson [49]	Halifax
Justice Cindy G. Cormier [50]	Halifax	October 10, 2014	Harper	Department of Justice
Justice R. Lester Jesudason	Halifax		Harper	Blois Nickerson
Justice Pamela J. MacKeigan [51]	Halifax	October 20, 2016	J. Trudeau	Dept of Justice (2008 - 2016) Blois Nickerson (1987 – 2008) NS Legal Aid (1984 – 1987) Called to bar (1981)
Justice Lee Anne MacLeod-Archer	Sydney
Justice Cindy Murray [52]	Halifax	July 18, 2017	J. Trudeau	Legal Aid (1993 - 2017) Called to bar (1992)
Justice Samuel Moreau [53]	Halifax	June 24, 2019	J. Trudeau	Provincial Court (2017 to 2019) NS Legal Aid (family) (1998 to 2017) Called to bar (1998)
Judge S. Raymond Morse [54]		2020	J Trudeau	ACJ (Nov 10, 2015) PC Judge (April 12, 2011) Private practice Called to bar (1978)

Supernumerary

Name	Location	Date of Appointment	Appointed by	Prior Position(s)
Justice Leslie J. Dellapinna [55]	Halifax	June 7, 2001 sup	Chrétien	Cox Hanson O'Reilly Matheson
Justice R. James Williams [56]	Halifax	March 24, 1999		Walker, Dunlop (1986 to 1987) Blois, Nickerson, Palmeter and Bryson (1987 to 1999) Called to bar (1977)
Justice Moira C. Legere-Sers [57]	Port Hawkesbury	March 24, 1999 (Judge) April 11, 2016 (sup.)		NS Legal Aid (1993 to 1999) Maritime Life Assurance Company (1980 to 1984) Boyne Clark (1977 to 1980)
Justice Darryl W. Wilson [58] [59]	Sydney	March 24, 1999		Family Court (1985 to 1999) Crown attorney (1980 to 1982) Edwards & Wilson (1976 to 1980) Called to bar (1976)

Past Justices

• Nova Scotia Supreme Court (Historical)

Contact Info

Halifax Region [60] The Law Courts 1815 Upper Water St. Halifax, NS B3J 1S7 Phone: (902) 424-6900 After Hours: (902) 424-8988 Fax: (902) 424-0524 Prothonotary: Phone: (902) 424-7968 or (902)424-8962 Fax: (902) 424-0524 Court Administration Office: Phone: (902) 424-6900 Fax: (902) 424-0524 Scheduling Coordinators: Phone: (902) 424-5782 (Chambers/Civil) Fax: (902) 424-8367 Phone: (902) 424-7967 (Criminal) Fax: (902) 424-8367 Jury Coordinator: Phone: (902) 424-2729 Fax: (902) 424-8367 Truro [61] 1 Church Street Truro, NS B2N 3Z5 Phone: (902) 893-3953 Fax: (902) 893-6114

Pictou [62] Prothonotary 69 Water Street P.O. Box 1750 Pictou, NS B0K 1H0 Phone: (902) 485-7350 Fax: (902) 485-6737 [email protected] Amherst [63] (Street Address) 54 Victoria St. E. Amherst, NS B4H 3G5 (Mailing/Courier Address) 16 Church Street 3rd Floor Amherst, NS B4H 3A6 Phone: (902) 667-2256 Fax: (902) 667-1108 Kentville [64] Prothonotary 87 Cornwallis Street Kentville, NS B4N 2E5 Phone: (902) 679-5540 Fax: (902) 679-6178 Jury Co-ordinator: (902) 679-5540 Digby [65] 119 Queen St. P.O. Box 1089 Digby, NS B0V 1A0 Phone: 245-7134 Fax: 245-6722

Yarmouth [66] Prothonotary 164 Main Street Yarmouth, NS B5A 1C2 Phone: 742-4142 Fax: 742-0678 Bridgewater [67] 141 High Street Bridgewater, NS B4V 1W2 Phone: (902) 543-4679 Fax: (902) 543-0678 Port Hawkesbury [68] 15 Kennedy Street Port Hawkesbury, NS B9A 2Y1 Phone: (902) 625-2665 Fax: (902) 625-4084 Sydney [69] Prothonotary 136 Charlotte Street Suites #1 & #2 Sydney, NS B1P 1C3 Phone: (902) 563-3550 Fax: (902) 563-2224

External links

• Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Official Website
• composition of current Judicial Advisory Committee

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