Sentences with phrase «chief justice of the supreme court»

Then there is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Beverley McLachlin, who on several occasions has decried the rise in the number of Canadians» representing themselves in court because they can not afford the legal fees.

Beverley McLachlin, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, has agreed to join Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal, the first Canadian to join the 20 - member body.

And RBC head Gordon Nixon made $ 12.6 million last year, 25 % more than the year before — 40 times the salary of the Prime Minister, 33 times that of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada — and 274 times the average Canadian wage.

So, be honest and tell us what perversion it is that you're holding at such high regard that you would trample the beliefs of the First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay, who was also President of the American Bible Socity, and Patrick Henry and George Washington, the two men who most led the American Revolution.

William Howard Taft, the only president to also hold the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:

Panama's new president, Guillermo Endara, the vice-president, the chief justice of the supreme court, and the new minister of the treasury all have significant ties to the drug trade.

«I always turn to the sports section first,» the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America once said.

John Qunicy Adams went to the House of Representatives, Andrew Johnson became a Senator, and William Taft became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Wike spoke on his relationship with former Governor Peter Odili and allegations that he gatecrashed the office of a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to fix the outcome of the state's governorship election petition before the court.

President Taft became chief justice of the Supreme Court after leaving the White House, saying he preferred this job to that of being President of the United States.

McKean, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, was aware of the power of legal documents.

Before taking up her position at PILPG, Atieno worked for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kenya.

A National Historic Landmark, the John Rutledge House Inn was built in 1763 by John Rutledge, a noted signer of the U.S. Constitution, governor of South Carolina, and briefly, chief justice of the Supreme Court.

Suggestions by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada acted inappropriately last July are quite troubling.

Take James Zazzali, who formerly served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Sources also directed us to career of James Zazzali, a director at the firm who formerly served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

In United Brotherhood, then - British Columbia Supreme Court judge Beverly McLachlin (later chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada), used these words:

Beverley McLachlin, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, has stated it in this manner: «If you're the only one who can provide a fundamental social need from which you benefit, I think it follows that you have to provide it.»

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin shares a laugh with Arthur Milnes, commissioner of the non-partisan, non-profit Sir John A. Macdonald Bicentennial Commission on Sept. 27 in Kingston, Ont.

In 2014, the chief justice of the Supreme Court appointed him a member and chair of the Federal Judicial Center Foundation Board.

Former governor general Adrienne Clarkson spoke of her personal friendship with McLachlin, who was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court just three months after Clarkson had been named to her post, and the two became friends.

In December 1985, she was elevated to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia where she served until her appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in September 1988.

The lawyers» training represented at our firm includes clerkships with two former Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama, a hundred or so jury trials, and millions of dollars in verdicts.

The letter from Federal Minister of Justice Kim Campbell to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Antonio Lamer, advising of the new honorific for provincial court judges.

Morgan was a Rhodes Scholar, a law clerk for Mr. Justice Brian Dickson, who later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, and a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt in Toronto.

In a social setting many years ago, I asked the late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Bora Laskin, about such a change in emphasis between courts.

In that event, either Mr. Sabourin was the directing mind behind Côté's approach to the Douglas Inquiry; or the Chair of the Council was the client, i.e., the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, the same one who just privately swore Côté into her position on the Supreme Court on December 2, 2014, not a week after Harper appointed Côté.

The Committee, established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Beverley McLachlin, and chaired by Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell, was, in the words of the Backgrounder, also online, «convened to address the urgent and multiple issues surrounding access to justice in civil and family matters.»

We in this profession, indeed in this country, owe Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin enormous respect and gratitude.

Indeed, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada has recognized one aspect of this demand in numerous recent speeches where she has referenced the access to justice «crisis» in the country, brought about by in part, she asserts, by a legal system that is too costly and too complicated for most Canadians.

If you think this is odd, you are not alone»... one judge referring to the laws as «Alice - in - Wonderland» and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court referred to the situation as «bizarre»».

Even the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada gives speeches about lawyers» incomes without first deducting the overhead costs.

Authorizes the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to appoint magistrates (rather than referees) in civil actions in the Court of Claims and authorizes a magistrate to disclose or refer to certain records or reports otherwise exempt from public disclosure in reparations hearings.

Chief Justice's Advisory Committee for the 2009 Tobias Simon Pro Bono Awards (appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida)

Senator Feinstein is still undecided about her position on John Roberts» nomination to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

For most law students and recent graduates this third thing has fallen off the map at a time when everyone from the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court to the Bar Associations, law schools and LSUC are talking about increasing access to justice.

CACR 13 Provides that the chief justice of the supreme court shall make rules governing only employees of the courts and the practice and procedure to be followed in the courts.

Born into a rural Alberta farming family of modest means, McLachlin rose to become the first female chief justice of a Commonwealth high court and the longest serving chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

SB 650 authorized the chief justice of the supreme court to appoint judges forced into retirement as «emeritus judges» to serve as per diem judges or judicial mentors in courts no higher than the court level they reached prior to retirement and for terms not to exceed three months.

New Hampshire SB 370 (2008) Grants the chief justice of the supreme court the power to enter orders to suspend, toll, or otherwise grant relief from time deadlines imposed by statutes and rules of procedure, for a 21 - day period, in the event of a declared state of emergency.

I have also worked for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Western Australia, and taught at Murdoch Law School.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau names Justice Richard Wagner as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

She was elevated to the British Columbia Court of Appeal in December 1985 and was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in September 1988.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, acting in accordance with rules of the Supreme Court, shall make assignments of Judges of the Superior Court and may transfer District Judges from one district to another for temporary or specialized duty.

Subject to the general supervision of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, assignment of District Judges within each local court district shall be made by the Chief District Judge.

I think Chief Justice [Joseph] Kennedy should be asked: «As chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, do you have any problem with the fact that you don't have any black or aboriginal judges in your whole building, yet you sentence black and aboriginal people all the time?

The Right Honorable Antonio Lamer, the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court between 1990 and 2000 who passed away on the weekend, lay in repose earlier today in the Main Hall in the lobby of the Supreme Court building.

The National Action Committee is a broad - based committee established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley... [more]

The Lamer inquiry Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Antonio Lamer, now senior advisor to Stikeman Elliott LLP, has been granted a five - month extension to complete his public inquiry into why Newfoundland and Labrador has seen a disproportionate number of wrongful murder convictions.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Illyria, which heard arguments over whether Malvolio could collect $ 10 million in punitive damages from Olivia.