- John Josiah Robinette
John Josiah Robinette, CC (
November 20 ,1906 –November 18 ,1996 ) was a Canadian lawyer who was one of Canada's premier legal authorities and litigators.Born in
Toronto, Ontario , he received a B.A. in political science from theUniversity of Toronto in 1926. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He graduated fromOsgoode Hall Law School and was called to the bar in 1929.He joined the Toronto firm of McCarthy & McCarthy (now
McCarthy Tetrault ) in 1949 and stayed until his retirement in the early 90s.He became renowned as a barrister and was lead counsel in a number of prominent cases. He was lead prosecutor in the trial of
Igor Gouzenko in the late 40s. In 1947, he appealed and eventually won the case ofEvelyn Dick after her conviction of the murder in 1946. He was lead counsel in thePatriation Reference before theSupreme Court of Canada .He was appointed King's Counsel in 1944.
From 1958 until 1962 he was treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
In 1973 he was made a Companion of the
Order of Canada . He served as Chancellor ofTrent University from 1984 to 1987.References
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