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	Supreme Court of Canada - Beverley McLachlin
		The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C. Chief Justice of Canada
		Beverley McLachlin, P.C. Madam Chief Justice McLachlin, B.A., M.A. (philosophy), LL.B. Born in Pincher Creek, Alberta, September 7, 1943.
		Chairperson, Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute.
	www.scc-csc.gc.ca /aboutcourt/judges/mclachlin/index_e.asp (167 words)

	McLachlin, Beverley (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There is not a hint of self-importance in Beverley McLachlin as she sits, so poised, at the judges' dining table in the most august of Canadian courthouses.
		McLachlin may be slightly nervous for this meeting - she is not known for being a particularly skilled public performer.
		She moved to Vancouver with her then-husband Rory McLachlin, teaching and practising at a time when, as she recalled last week, "there were no women judges at all." She became one herself in 1981, first on a B.C. County Court, rising with breathtaking speed to be chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court by 1988.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012039 (1142 words)

	Beverley McLachlin - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Beverley McLachlin - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		McLachlin, Beverley, born in 1943, Canadian jurist and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (2000- ).
		In the 1990s women became increasingly prominent at the highest levels of Canadian government.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Beverley_McLachlin.html (56 words)

	University of Maine at Fort Kent - Valley Vision (Site not responding. Last check: )
		McLachlin, who was appointed chief justice of Canada's highest court in January 2000, will also be presented with an honorary degree during the ceremony.
		"Chief Justice McLachlin is a respected scholar, teacher, faculty member, eminent jurist and leader, who is internationally known for her analysis of the role of the judiciary in a democratic society," said UMFK President Richard Cost.
		McLachlin will address the 285 students that comprise UMFK's graduating class, their family members and friends, university faculty and staff, and invited guests attending the 2005 commencement exercises.
	www.umfk.maine.edu /valleyvision/release/default.cfm?recordID=05059 (472 words)

	Swearing-in ceremony of Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, Ottawa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Having thus laid the foundation for her outstanding career, Chief Justice McLachlin went on to pursue a legal career in British Columbia, first in private practice and later, as a professor at the University of British Columbia.
		It is perhaps this duality of experience in the law that accounts for Chief Justice McLachlin's excellence in her years on the Bench.
		And, it is no exaggeration to say that Chief Justice McLachlin is as highly regarded abroad as she is in Canada, for her decisions in the areas of contract and tort law.
	canada.justice.gc.ca /en/news/nr/2000/doc_24736.html (884 words)

	Put rights before Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Judge Beverley McLachlin says several unwritten constitutional norms, such as the right not to be punished without a trial, have evolved into entrenched rights over time.
		Beverley McLachlin, in a speech delivered in New Zealand, took on critics who say judges have no business going beyond the strict letter of the Constitution to strike down laws and enforce rights.
		Judge McLachlin listed several unwritten constitutional norms that have evolved into entrenched rights over time, such as the right to not be punished without a trial, to retain counsel and to enjoy the presumption of innocence.
	www.canada.com /nationalpost/news/story.html?id=273c95d2-0674-45c8-b5c5-86fac02d0c84 (599 words)

	The Law Society of BC
		Although she hails from Alberta, BC lawyers will always consider Her Ladyship Chief Justice McLachlin to be "one of us" — a made-in-BC lawyer, a highly respected colleague, and an exceptional jurist.
		Beverley McLachlin, applied for membership in the Law Society of BC as a transfer applicant from Alberta.
		McLachlin as she is most deserving and most competent..." he implored.
	www.lawsociety.bc.ca /media/news/00-01-17_McLachlin.html (1213 words)

	First female chief justice draws praise
		Madam Justice Beverley McLachlin's appointment as the first female chief justice of Canada yesterday was widely praised as fitting symbolism for a new century.
		Judge McLachlin's rise to the pinnacle of the judiciary is unprecedented.
		Judge McLachlin is a particularly crisp and clear writer who brings "a deep sense of context to her arguments," Prof.
	www.fact.on.ca /newpaper/gm991104.htm (1015 words)

	More Cdns representing themselves at trial due to high legal costs: top judge
		McLachlin said there is a growing trend for cases to be diverted out of the court system in favour of arbitration and mediation.
		She said such diversions should be seen only as part of an overall solution rather than a complete answer to the judicial system's woes.
		While McLachlin has often bemoaned the lack of judges to oversee cases, she said the problem has only increased during her six-year tenure as chief justice.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/national/060812/n081238.html (480 words)

	Canadalawcourts.com - Canadian Judicial Council
		Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin is an easily proved participant in Judicial fraud.
		The Government of Canada and Canadian Judicial Council have protected a Supreme Court Judge's ability to commit fraud, have friends as witnesses and allege evidence that fails to appear anywhere.
		A request to present proof of fraud, involvement and misconduct was formally made to the Prime Minister, Justice Department and Chief Justice Beverley Mclachlin.
	canadalawcourts.com (596 words)

	University of Manitoba: Convocation 2002! -
		We honour Beverley Marian McLachlin as a practitioner of law, as a prolific legal scholar and as a distinguished jurist who serves our country as its highest judicial officer, the Chief Justice of Canada.
		She stands forthrightly for the rule of law, for discourses based on reason, for traditions tempered by modern realities, and for universal principles of justice, applied in a time of worldwide uncertainties about civil government and human rights.
		Chief Justice McLachlin has helped to define equality rights of minorities, to strengthen freedom of speech, to recognize Aboriginal rights, to reinforce the role of juries, to encourage local governmental diversity, and in general to champion the Charter, both domestically and as a model for other nations.
	www.umanitoba.ca /student/records/convocation/spring04/McLachlin.shtml (561 words)

	Beverley McLachlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When Governor General Adrienne Clarkson was hospitalized for a cardiac pacemaker operation on 8 July 2005, Madam Justice McLachlin served as the Administrator of the Government and performed the duties of the Governor General, including giving royal assent to the Civil Marriage Act, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in Canada.
		Seaboyer, where she struck down the rape shield law as it violated accused rapists' right to a fair trial.
		Critics who saw McLachlin as a groundbreaker for the advancement of women believed she had betrayed their cause.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beverley_McLachlin (539 words)

	Osgoode Professors on Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
		After devoting years of tremendous effort in explaining the role of judges in the Charter of Rights era, she said it is reassuring to see the credibility of the court being steadily bolstered.
		Chief Justice McLachlin said her fellow judges are sometimes bemused, but never cowed, by attempts to analyze their activist tendencies.
		Chief Justice McLachlin took over a court that was under sustained attack from a common front of critics -- from the Reform Party and right-wing lobby groups, to a vocal cadre of conservative academics and journalists.
	osgoode.yorku.ca /media2.nsf/83303ffe5af03ed585256ae6005379c9/27767bd56d67b0e685256f8500700ae7!OpenDocument (2000 words)

	Canada’s Chief Justice Says Courts Must Ignore Written Laws in Favour of Judge-Decided Unwritten “Norms”
		McLachlin told an audience at New Zealand’s Victoria University that laws must be interpreted according to the individual preferences of Justices for “norms that are essential to a nation's history, identity, values and legal system.”
		McLachlin laid out her plan for the re-engineering of Canadian — or any like-minded liberal society — away from democratic principles saying, “The rule of law requires judges to uphold unwritten constitutional norms, even in the face of clearly enacted laws or hostile public opinion.”
		McLachlin told the law students that Justices must be “emboldened” to supercede even the letter of such foundational documents as a nation’s constitution and that their role ought to supercede that of elected representatives.
	www.lifesite.net /ldn/2005/dec/05120604.html (650 words)

	Beverley McLachlin - Penguin Books Authors - Penguin Books
		Beverley Mclachlin has had a distinguished career as a lawyer and is one of Canada’s leading judicial figures.
		McLachlin began her career in law in 1969 in Edmonton and went on to practise and teach law in Vancouver.
		She served on the B.C. Supreme Court and the B.C. Court of Appeal before her appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1989.
	www.penguin.ca /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000069259,00.html (107 words)

	Awards & Achievements \| Media Room
		On January 7, 2000, Beverley McLachlin made Canadian history by becoming the first woman to be named Chief Justice of Canada.
		She was elevated to the Supreme Court of British Columbia later that year and to the Court of Appeal of B.C. in 1986.
		Chief Justice McLachlin is co-author of British Columbia Supreme Court Practice, British Columbia Court Forms, and Canadian Law of Architecture and Engineering, and is the author of numerous articles for professional journals.
	www.media.uottawa.ca /mediaroom/awards_recipients-e.php?rid=153 (242 words)

	TURMEL: Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin is lynch-pin
		Now's the time to fax and email your letters demanding justice from the Chief Justice and her court.
		Just like Frankel's the lynch-pin that brings the whole prohibitionist establishment crashing down, McLachlin is the lynch-pin that can bring the whole 9 Big Bricks down on Frankel's head.
		Now's the time to send an email to your whole address book urging them to strike while the iron is hot.
	www.talkaboutinvestments.com /group/sci.econ/messages/225898.html (302 words)

	Burkean Canuck: Maurice Vellacott, M.P. v. Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, P.C.
		Beverley McLachlin, P.C. Notify Blogger about objectionable content.
		Beverley McLachlin, P.C. Last weekend, when I saw the CBC cameraman practically chasing Maurice Vellacott to the nearest elevator, I thought, "Uh-oh."
		Vellacott is languishing in the political penalty box in the face of a vigorous defence of the Chief Justice by Liberal Leader of the Opposition Bill Graham and her brethren in Canada's legal profession.
	burkeancanuck.blogspot.com /2006/05/maurice-vellacott-mp-v-rt-hon-beverley.html (8442 words)

	The case against Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin - New Zealand Equality Education Foundation
		The case against Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
		Beverley McLachlin, as it happens, was sworn in as Chief Justice of Canada by another woman -- the then Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Anne McLellan -- see the webpage: http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/nr/2000/doc_24736.html.
		Beverley McLachlin was one of the most vocal of the judges in these two cases, and she is now Chief Justice.
	www.nzmera.orcon.net.nz /mclachli.html (445 words)

	PHI DELTA PHI, McLACHLIN INN: Home Page
		As part of those events, on February 6, 2004, Phi Delta Phi was honoured to have the namesake of the UBC Inn, CJC Beverley McLachlin, on hand to deliver a lecture on Law and Ethics.
		The Honourable Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada (Centre), Tim M. Wheat, Esq., Executive Director, The International Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi and Mary Anne Bobinski, Dean of Law at UBC
		-CANS- the McLachlin Inn is also dedicated to serving the entire law school community at UBC and as part of that mission it has created a CANS page where students can download course notes to supplement their study materials.
	faculty.law.ubc.ca /phideltaphi/index.html (306 words)

	The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
		Beverley McLachlin, the first woman appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
		Chief Justice McLachlin will discuss the Court's work with Anthony DePalma, former Canadian bureau chief of The New York Times, and Sheila Block, a top Canadian litigator.
		BEVERLEY McLACHLIN, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Canada
	www.abcny.org /PressRoom/PressRelease/2004_3_30.htm (192 words)

	The New Zealand Law Foundation - The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Justice McLachlin, appointed to the Supreme Court in 1989, is the first woman to be appointed Chief Justice and head the court in Canada.
		Her background includes a litigation practice in Vancouver, a period as a professor at the University of British Columbia and a place on three levels of court in British Columbia.
		Chief Justice McLachlin was welcomed at a reception hosted by the Governor-General at Government House and during her two weeks in New Zealand she visited all five law schools as well as giving the annual Ethel Benjamin address in Dunedin.
	www.lawfoundation.org.nz /awards/visitor/dv-2002.htm (194 words)

	2003 Speech - Beverley McLachlin - Lafontaine-Baldwin - Operation Dialogue
		The Right Honourable Chief Justice of Canada, Beverley McLachlin, PC Dalhousie Arts Centre Halifax,
		The negative aspects of group identity tend to be self-reinforcing.
		When historians look back on the last half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, they will describe the idea that all people are equally worthy as one of the seminal ideas of our time.
	www.operation-dialogue.com /lafontaine-baldwin/e/2003_speech_2.html (903 words)

	Canadalawcourts.com - Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
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		Justice Richard Blair must be removed from the Supreme Court.
		Yet when there are claims of Judges misconduct or judges involvement with the evidence the Prime Minister's office, the Justice Minister's office and the Chief Justice of Canada prevent formal hearings effectively concealing this corruption and obstructing proper justice.
	canadalawcourts.com /letterjudcounsentopenpage.htm (735 words)

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