Ontario Court of Appeal

Ontario Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Ontario (frequently referred to as Ontario Court of Appeal or OCA) is headquartered in downtown Toronto, in historic Osgoode Hall.

The Court is composed of 24 judges who hear over 1,500 appeals each year, on issues of private law, constitutional law, criminal law, administrative law, and other matters. The Supreme Court of Canada hears appeals from less than 3% of the decisions of the Court of Appeal; in a very practical sense, the Court of Appeal is the last avenue of appeal for most litigants in the province. [http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/coa/en/] Among the Court of Appeal's most notable decisions was a 2003 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Ontario. Among many judges from the Court who have been elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada are Justices Rosalie Abella, Louise Arbour, Peter Cory, Louise Charron, Bora Laskin, and Bertha Wilson.

The court derives its jurisdiction from Ontario's " [http://canlii.org/on/laws/sta/c-43/ Courts of Justice Act] ".

Current Justices

Past Justices

* Marvin A. Catzman (1988 - 2007)
* Roy McMurtry as Chief Justice (1996 - 2007)
* Rosalie Abella (1992 - 2004)
* Louise Arbour (1990 - 1999)
* Walter Tarnopolsky (1985 - ?)
* Peter Cory (1981 - 1989)
* Bertha Wilson (1975 - 1982)
* Goldwyn Arthur Martin (1973 - 1988)
* Bora Laskin (1965 - 1970)
* Jean-Marc Labrosse (1990 - 2007)
* Roy Kellock (1942-1944)
* Henry Hague Davis (1933-1935)
* Newton Wesley Rowell as Chief Justice (1936-1937)
* Sir William Mulock as Chief Justice (1923-1936)
* John Douglas Armour (1887-1890) as Chief Justice (1901-1902)
* John Hawkins Hagarty as Chief Justice (1884–1897)
* Thomas Moss as Chief Justice (1878–1880)
* Robert Alexander Harrison as Chief Justice (1875-1878)
* J. S. Spragge

Chief Justice of Upper Canada

* William Osgoode 1794–1801
* Henry Allcock 1802-1806
* Thomas Scott 1806-1816
* William Dummer Powell 1816-1825
* William Campbell 1825-1829
* Sir John Beverley Robinson 1829-1862
* William Henry Draper 1863-1867

See also

*Supreme Court of Canada

References

External links

* [http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/coa/en/ Court of Appeal for Ontario official site]
* [http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20070905/ontario_appeal_webcasts_070905/20070905?hub=TorontoHome Plan to webcast Ontario appeal cases delayed]


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