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BRIEFS Changing faces and changing places in the Nova Scotia judiciary Photos provided by John Piccolo/ The Nova Scotia Judiciary (Left) On December 7 at the Yarmouth Justice Centre, the Hon. Judge Timothy D. Landry (at right) was sworn in as a judge of the Provincial and Family Courts of Nova Scotia. He is seen here with the Hon. Michael MacDonald (centre), Chief Justice of Nova Scotia and of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, and the Hon. Patrick Curran (at left), former Chief Judge of the Provincial and Family Courts of Nova Scotia. (Right) The Honourable Pamela S. Williams, new Chief Judge of the Nova Scotia Provincial and Family Courts. The Honourable Pamela S. Williams recently became the first woman to be appointed Chief Judge of the Nova Scotia Provincial and Family Courts. In February, she replaced the Hon. Judge Patrick Curran, who continues sitting as a fulltime judge in both courts. A chief judge can only serve two consecutive five-year terms. A judge for more than 30 years, Judge Curran had been Chief of the Provincial Court for the past decade and Chief of the Provincial and Family Courts since 2011. Called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1985, Chief Judge Williams spent 18 years as a lawyer with Nova Scotia Legal Aid and was appointed as a provincial court judge in 2003. She served as Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court since 2011, and had also recently been presiding at the Mental Health Court in Dartmouth. “Judge Williams has the knowledge, the skills and the wisdom to be an exceptional chief judge and I congratulate her on her new role,” Justice Minister Ross Landry said on Feb. 27, while announcing the appointment. “I’d like to thank Chief Judge Curran for his passion and commitment to the administration of justice. I am pleased that our justice system will continue to benefit from his experience.” In addition to hearing cases, the Chief Judge schedules court sittings, assigns judicial duties and is responsible for the administration of the judicial functions of the provincial and family courts. Retirements On January 31, the Hon. Justice Charles E. Haliburton retired from the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Prior to his appointment to the bench in 1986, he maintained a general legal practice in Digby, served as a Crown attorney and Federal Crown, and also served as Mayor of Digby, The Hon. Robert F. Ferguson, Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court Family Division, retired on his 75 th birthday on October 6, a month shy of 41 years after he was first appointed to the bench, which made him the province’s longest-serving judge on the current judiciary. 8 The Society Record
BRIEFS Annual networking events for racialized students and members of the Nova Scotia Bar On January 17 at Province House, Justice Minister Ross Landry hosted his annual reception for Black and Aboriginal students and alumni of the Schulich School of Law. “The IB&M initiative has played an important role in making the legal profession in Nova Scotia more diverse and more representative of the Nova Scotian public,” Tim Daley QC, the Society’s President, said in his remarks at the event. The Society’s Racial Equity Committee held its annual fall get-toknow-you event on November 14 at Pipa Restaurant in Halifax, for lawyers, law students and articled clerks. Top row (l-r): REC event at Pipa – Jalana Lewis; Andrew Kirk; Marie Paturel, Equity Officer; Naiomi Metallic; Starla Sheppard; Aleta Cromwell; Ryan Brothers Bottom row (l-r): Heather McNeill QC, Lauren Grant, Jessica Upshaw (l-r): Justice Minister Ross Landry, Alise Brown, Marian Mancini, the Hon. Chief Justice Michael MacDonald, and Peter Mancini. (l-r): Michelle Williams-Lorde, Amanda Barnaby, Naiomi Metallic, Angelina Amaral, and Robin Vernest. (l-r): Aleta Cromwell, Duane Eddy, and Rocky Jones. Spring 2013 9
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