- Ian Binnie
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honorific-prefix =The Honourable
name = William Ian Corneil Binnie
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office = Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
termstart =January 8 1998
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nominator =Jean Chrétien
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predecessor =John Sopinka
successor = Incumbent
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birthdate = birth date and age|1939|4|14
birthplace =Montreal ,Quebec
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spouse =William Ian Corneil Binnie (born
April 14 ,1939 ) is apuisne justice on theSupreme Court of Canada .Binnie was born in
Montreal ,Quebec . He graduated fromMcGill University in 1960 and went on the study law at Cambridge University and theUniversity of Toronto . He was called to the Ontario bar in 1967 and practiced private law in Wright & McTaggart until 1982 at which point he went to work as Associate Deputy Minister of Justice for theGovernment of Canada . In 1986, he went on to practice atMcCarthy Tétrault until he was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1998 replacingJohn Sopinka . Just as his predecessor, Binnie had never sat as a judge before his appointment to the Supreme Court.Prior to his appointment he had argued numerous cases in front of the Court. He was lead counsel for the defendant in "
R. v. Wholesale Travel Inc. "Judgments
Due to Binnie's background in business and corporate law, he has typically written many of the judgements in those areas of law. His style of judgment in constitutional cases is said to lean towards giving deference to government. This can most clearly be seen in cases such as the recent "
Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General) " [2005] .ee also
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Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Binnie External links
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0011477 Article about his appointment]
* [http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/AboutCourt/judges/binnie/index_e.asp Official bio]
* [http://criminallawyers.ca/publicmaterials/press&submissions/binnie.htm Speech by Binnie on Advocacy]
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