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	Quebec Judicial Appointments Announced (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Honourable Madame Justice Nicole Duval Hesler, a Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, District of Montreal is appointed a Puisne Judge of the Court of Appeal of Quebec in Montreal.
		Justice Cullen is a member of the Civil Procedure Committee and a Past Member of the Discipline Committee of the Barreau du Québec and a frequent presenter on issues relating to various aspects of civil litigation.
		Justice François Tôth re ceived a Master of Laws in 1987 from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Laws in 1980 from Université de Sherbrooke and was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1981.
	www.justice.gc.ca /en/news/ja/2006/doc_31950.html (787 words)

	Puisne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1877, a "puisne judge" is deemed a judge of the High Court other than the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and their successors respectively.
		Puisne courts existed as lower courts in the early stages in the judiciary in British North America, in particular Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
		Puisne Justice - title of a member of the Supreme Court of Canada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puisne (217 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Prison beating report out next week - Wednesday \| March 21, 2001
		Derrick Taylor, director of justice administration in the ministry, and secretary to the commission, three weeks ago said that the report was being typed.
		However, Justice Ellis, the sole commissioner at the enquiry held from June to July 2000, was reportedly swamped with courtroom duties.
		Justice Ellis said the evidence given had disclosed "certain serious conditions which exist in the prison", adding that "that will be the subject of my deliberation, possibly recommendation".
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20010321/news/news4.html (260 words)

	Working as a High Court judge* - National - smh.com.au
		The number of justices in the court - seven - is the same as the number of justices that constituted the court during the tenure of Sir Owen Dixon.
		After completion of the oral argument of the court, it is the usual practice of the court to have a conference in the chambers of the presiding justice to ascertain the views of the justices concerning the determination of the case.
		The fact that a justice is asked to prepare a draft judgement for the court or a majority is not decisive of the outcome of a case.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2005/08/18/1123958185123.html (5336 words)

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		The Chief Justice of India is also expected to ascertain the views of the seniormost Judge of the Supreme Court whose opinion is likely to be significant in adjudging the suitability of the candidate, by reason of the fact that he has come form the same High Court or otherwise.
		It os only to this limited extent of a recommendee of the Chief Justice of India, on the basis of positive material indicating his appointment to be otherwise unsuitable, that the Chief Justice of India does not have the primacy to persist for appointment of that recommendee except in the situation indicated later.
		The Chief Justice of India should, therefore, form his opinion in regard to a person to be recommended for appointment to a High Court in the same manner as he forms it in regard to a recommendation for appointment to the Supreme Court, that is to say, in consultation with his seniormost puisne Judges.
	www.law.cornell.edu /focus/decisions/sctindia_1.html (7023 words)

	Speech to the Women Lawyers Association of NSW and the Law Society of Newcastle, Newcastle, 17 August 2005
		Moreover, quite apart from physically dealing with cases, Justices inevitably think about the issues in cases even when they are not sitting in Court or Chamber or at home in their studies.
		At the request of a Justice or a Justice's Associate, the Research Section will provide a detailed survey of any area of law that is relevant to the case at hand together with copies of the relevant research material.
		The fact that a Justice is asked to prepare a draft judgment for the Court or a majority is not decisive of the outcome of the case.
	www.hcourt.gov.au /speeches/mchughj/mchughj_17AUG05.htm (4653 words)

	In Depth: The Supreme Court of Canadat
		The Supreme Court is composed of a chief justice and eight puisne judges (puisne meaning ranked after), all appointed by the governor-in-council.
		The provinces are given jurisdiction over "the administration of justice" in the provinces, including "the constitution, organization and maintenance" of the courts, both civil and criminal, in the province, as well as civil procedure in those courts.
		Should the governor general die, become incapacitated or be absent from the country for a period of more than one month, the chief justice or, if that office is vacant, the senior puisne justice of the Supreme Court, would exercise all the powers and duties of the governor general.
	www.canadianjusticereviewboard.ca /Archive-In_depth_SCC.htm (1169 words)

	McHugh calls for female replacement
		There was a need to maintain confidence in the legitimacy and impartiality of the justice system, he said, which was an argument in itself for having a judiciary in which men and women were equally represented.
		Justice Kirby dissents in 33 per cent of the cases, Justice Callinan in 18 per cent and Justice McHugh himself has dissented in 14 per cent of cases, he said.
		Justice McHugh said no justice would work less than 60 hours a week and he would expect that one or two work in excess of 80 hours each week.
	www.lawyersweekly.com.au /articles/17/0c035c17.asp (701 words)

	Caribbean Net News: New Appeal Court and Puisne Judges for Jamaica
		Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe, in congratulating the newly appointed judges said that “we the members of the Judicial Commission have no doubt that your recommendation for appointment have been justly earned and I hope that you will continue to perform at the high level at which you have been performing”.
		The Chief Justice also had a word of warning for members of the private Bar, stressing that all applications for adjournments that were being allowed, would not be accommodated in the new year, as the backlog of cases had to be reduced.
		Justice Wolfe said the proposal to introduce case management into criminal trials have been circulated to the Judges of the Supreme Court.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /2005/01/05/appeal.shtml (767 words)

	Barbados: Constitution, 1966
		The Chief Justice shall be appointed by the Governor General, by instrument under the Public Seal, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister after consultation with the leader of the Opposition.
		The Puisne Judges shall be appointed by the Governor General, by instrument under the Public Seal, acting in accordance with the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission.
		A person may be appointed under the provisions of this section to act as Chief Justice or other Judge notwithstanding that he has attained the age at which that office is required by section 84(1) to be vacated by the holder thereof.
	pdba.georgetown.edu /Constitutions/Barbados/ch7.html (1091 words)

	mcKissock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He began the study of medicine "at an appropriate age", as one biographer vaguely reported, but switched to law and was admitted to the bar in 1818.
		His practice in Newburgh was successful enough to win him the appointment of Puisne Justice of the State Supreme Court in 1847.
		(Puisne, pronounced puny and the source of that word, is an old English legal term meaning "of lower order"; a puisne justice was an associate, rather than chief justice.
	www.your-site.com /~hoekema2/cem/McCissock.htm (296 words)

	QUT \| Law \| Publication Patterns of Federal Court and High Court Judges - QUT LJJ V2 No 2 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Through breaking down the High Court terms of Brennan, Gibbs and Mason CJJ as chief justice and puisne justice in table 4, we can see that in each case the majority of their publications while members of the High Court were as chief justice.
		For Brennan who served on both the Federal Court and on the High Court as a puisne justice and chief justice three variables were created, spanning the three periods of his judicial career.
		In the case of judges who were both a puisne justice and chief justice, the virtual puisne justice takes the value zero, while the virtual chief justice takes the value 1.
	www.law.qut.edu.au /about/ljj/editions/v2n2/smyth2.jsp (4136 words)

	Constitution of Seychelles - Helplinelaw
		The supreme court shall consist of the Chief Justice, the Puisne Judges and, subject to clause (5), the Masters of the Supreme Court.
		The office of justice of Appeal or Judge shall not, without the consent of the Justice of Appeal or Judge, be abolished during the Justice's of Appeal or Judge's continuance in office.
		A Justice of Appeal, Judge or Master of the Supreme Court shall, before entering office, take and subscribe the oath of allegiance and such oath for the due performance of the functions of the office as may be prescribed by or under an Act.
	www.helplinelaw.com /law/seychelles/constitution/constitution08.php (2560 words)

	Your Canadian Legal Information Association (CLIA) Home Page!
		Justice Charles Doherty Gonthier was born in Montreal on August 1, 1928 to Georges and Kathleen (Doherty).
		Justice Major was appointed to the Alberta Court of Appeal in July of 1991 and to the Supreme Court of Canada on November 13, 1992.
		Justice Beverley McLachlin was born in Pincher Creek, Alberta on September 7, 1943 to Ernest and Eleanora (Kruschell).
	www.duhaime.org /misc/clia.aspx (3518 words)

	Response of the Government of Canada to the Report of the 2003 Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Commission recommends that the salary of puisne judges be established as follows.
		The Commission recommends that the senior northern judges receive equivalent compensation to that of a chief justice until such time as chief justices are appointed in those jurisdictions.
		The Commission recommends that justices of the Supreme Court of Canada be granted the exceptional privilege of eligibility for retirement on the full judicial annuity after 10 years of service on that bench regardless of age.
	canada.justice.gc.ca /en/dept/pub/jcbc/annex.html (763 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Summary Record - Mauritius
		The senior puisne judge was appointed by the President on the advice of the Chief Justice.
		Other puisne judges were appointed by the Judicial Legal Service Commission, which was an independent body chaired by the Chief Justice and comprised other judges.
		Yakovlev of who policed the police, he conceded that justice must not only be done but must also be seen to be done, and he considered pertinent the criticism that the police conducted the inquiries themselves.
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CAT.C.SR.213.En?Opendocument (4383 words)

	The Constitution of Kenya - Chapter 3 - The Parliament
		The judges of the High Court shall be the Chief Justice and such number, not being less than eleven, of other judges (hereinafter referred to as puisne judges) as may be prescribed by Parliament.
		Where the question arises as whether the Chief Justice has become unable by reason of physical or mental infirmity to exercise the functions of his office or that his conduct ought to he investicated, then the President shall appoint a tribunal consisting of five members appointed by him in the manner provided under subsection (8).
		Where a puisne judge has been appointed as a judge of appeal he may continue to exercise the functions of a puisne judge to enable him to complete proceedings in the High Court that were commenced before him prior to his being so appointed.
	kenya.rcbowen.com /constitution/chap4.html (1442 words)

	Sullivan - History of New York State 1523-1927
		Chief Justice DeLancey and Puisne Justice Philipse sat upon the bench; Attorney-General Bradley was the prosecutor, alert yet confident of the outcome; and Attorney Chambers was, it seems, as concerned in taking ground that would be safe for himself as in bringing advantage to his client.
		According to Justice Jones, the unfortunate Massachusetts jurist was made the victim of the political factions of the time, was "insulted, abused and lampooned through the artful insinuations and cunning, sly, dark designs" of the faction that opposed Colden.
		The justices aligned themselves against the Government to preserve the integrity of trial by jury; and they flatly refused to obey a writ of inhibition drafted by the Governor himself, against the advice of the Supreme Court.
	www.courts.state.ny.us /history/elecbook/sullivan/pg5.htm (10767 words)

	The Right Honourable Antonio Lamer - John Humphrey Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Chief Justice Lamer was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1933, the son of Antonio Sr.
		In 1978, Chief Justice Lamer was appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal and, two years later, on March 28, 1980, he became the 57th Puisne Justice to the Supreme Court of Canada.
		He retired as the Chief Justice of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada in January 2000, and is currently working as a Special Consultant on International Matters with the law firm of Stikemen Elliot.
	www.johnhumphreycentre.org /ptnLamer.htm (385 words)

	Atrocious Judges: Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression (1849), by Baron John ...
		On the sweepiug removal of almost all of the judges in the year 1290,* he [Brabacon] was knighted, and appointed a puisne justice of the King's Bench, with a salary—which one would have thought must have been a very small addition to the profits of his hereditary estates—of 33£.
		The chief justice was the fourth son of Lawrence Hyde, of Gussage St. Michael, in the county of Dorset.
		But Lord Chief Justice Hyde escaped the fate of his predecessor, Chief Justice Tresilian, who was hanged [p 60] for promulgating similar doctrines, for he was carried off by disease when he had disgraced his office four years and nine months.
	medicolegal.tripod.com /atrociousjudges.htm (14991 words)

	In The Matter of An Application by Seamus Treacy and Barry Macdonald for Judicial Review
		On the eve of the scheduled hearing date it emerged that the Lords Justice and Puisne Judges had previously discussed the issue, having been contacted as part of the consultation process for a 1997 Bar Council examination into the appointment of Queen’s Counsel ("the Elliott report").
		However, it was subsequently disclosed that the Lord Chief Justice wrote to the Lord Chancellor in June 1997 indicating that the view of the judges was that the reference to the Queen should remain.
		CAJ particularly notes Lord Justice MacDermott’s assertion, on behalf of the judiciary, that there could be no "rational objection" to the making of the declaration given that it was a declaration of office and not a pledge of allegiance.
	www.caj.org.uk /keydocs/AddRevCJR.html (2054 words)

	High courts planned at divisional level -DAWN - Top Stories; March 31, 2006
		LAHORE, March 30: Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights Chaudhry Mohammad Wasi Zafar said here on Thursday that the government was considering establishment of high courts at the divisional level in a bid to restructure the judiciary and ensure speedy and inexpensive justice.
		Speaking at a Supreme Court Bar Association-sponsored seminar on “Reforms for speedy justice,” the minister said his ministry was preparing a draft law on the proposed divisional high courts where civil, criminal and commercial disputes would be adjudicated.
		About objections raised on the ADB-sponsored Access to Justice Programme, the minister said schemes under the programme were being proposed and executed by the judiciary itself and the government was only releasing funds for the schemes to provincial chief justices.
	www.dawn.com /2006/03/31/top12.htm (662 words)

	Supreme Court Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The oath referred to in section 10 shall be administered to the Chief Justice before the Governor General in Council, and to the puisne judges by the Chief Justice or, in the case of absence or illness of the Chief Justice, by any other judge present at Ottawa.
		(3) A duplicate of the requisition of the Chief Justice or senior puisne judge and, where a judge of a provincial court is designated to act, the letter designating that judge shall be filed with the Registrar and is conclusive evidence of the authority of the judge named therein to act under this section.
		The Court may be convened at any time by the Chief Justice or, in the event of the absence or illness of the Chief Justice, by the senior puisne judge, in such manner as is prescribed by the rules of Court.
	laws.justice.gc.ca /en/S-26/text.html (4796 words)

	Comparative Criminology \| Africa - Botswana
		A judiciary with a High Court comprising of Chief Justice and Puisne Judge was established.
		The High Court is headed by the Chief Justice is appointed by the President of the country.
		To ensure their independence, magistrates, as well as higher court justices, are given protection from civil actions for any act done, or ordered to be done by them in the discharge of their judicial functions.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/africa/botswana.html (4349 words)

	Justice Pandya retires today
		August 4: Justice N J Pandya, the seniormost puisne judge of the Bombay High Court, will retire on Saturday after serving as a judge of this court for three years.
		Justice Pandya was actively associated with the Lok Adalat movement at the district level till he was elevated to the Gujarat High Court in June 1990.
		During his stay in Mumbai, as the seniormost puisne judge, Justice Pandya was appointed as acting chief justice of the Bombay High Court from February 14, 2000 to March 31, 2000.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000805/ina05048.html (357 words)

	Jamaica Judicial Branch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The judge is a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court.
		The Chief Justice is appointed by the Governor-General, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, after he has consulted the Leader of the Opposition.
		The Chief Justice is the head of the Judiciary and is, by virtue of his office, Chairman of the Judicial Service Commission.
	www.ddg.com /LIS/InfoDesignF97/malyce/govjudic.htm (731 words)

	CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Judiciary: Supreme Court of Canada: Chief Justice
		The Chief Justice is also the Deputy Governor General, ex officio chairman of the Canadian Judicial Council, and the chair of the committee that selects winners of the Order of Canada.
		Prior to her appointment, she served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, on the Court of Appeal of British Columbia and on the County Court of Vancouver.
		She became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada on January 7, 2000.
	www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/government/scc_cj.html (434 words)

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