Justice William Ian Corneil Binnie, LL.D , LL.M , LL.B , QC , BA (born April 14, 1939 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian jurist. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Supreme Court Building in Ottawa The Supreme Court of Canada is Canadas highest court and is located in the capital city of Ottawa. ... Legum Doctor (English: Doctor of Laws; abbreviated to LL.D.) In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, the LL.D. is a doctorate usually awarded on the basis of exceptionally insightful and distinctive publications, containing significant and original contributions to the science or study of law. ... The Master of Laws is an advanced law degree that allows someone to specialize in a particular area of law. ... The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries. ... Queens Counsel (postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by Letters patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article needs cleanup. ... A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ...

Son of James Corneil and Phyllis (Mackenzie) Binnie. Educated at McGill University, B.A., 1960; Cambridge University, LL.B., 1963, LL.M., 1988; University of Toronto, LL.B., 1965. Honourary degree LL.D., Law Society of Upper Canada, 2001; Hon. LL.D., McGill University 2001. Married to Susan Strickland on May 28, 1965. McGill University is a publicly funded, research-intensive, non-denominational, co-educational university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... REDIRECT [1] ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada and one of the most important scholarly publishers in North America. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... An Honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is a degree awarded to someone by an institution that he or she may have never attended, it may be a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree - however, the latter is most common. ... Legum Doctor (English: Doctor of Laws; abbreviated to LL.D.) In the UK the LL.D. is a higher doctorate awarded on the basis of exceptionally insightful and distinctive publications, containing significant and original contributions to the science or study of law. ... The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) is responsible for the self-regulation of lawyers in the province of Ontario. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ...

Children: Daniel, Matthew, Alexandra and Max.

Called to the English Bar, 1966. Bar of Ontario, 1967. Admitted to practice before the International Court of Justice, 1984. Bar of the Yukon Territory, 1986. Occasional calls to the Bars of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland. Created Q.C. (Ontario), 1979. Practised litigation at Wright & McTaggart and successor firms until 1982. 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) is responsible for the self-regulation of lawyers in the province of Ontario. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2. ... Motto: Fortis et Liber (Strong and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Area 661,848 km² (6th)  - Land 642,317 km²  - Water 19,531 km² (2. ... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th)  - Land 591,670 km²  - Water 59,366 km² (9. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Glorious and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Area 647,797 km² (8th)  - Land 553,556 km²  - Water 64,241 km² (14. ... Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the north-east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Associate Deputy Minister of Justice for Canada, 1982-1986. A Senior Partner, McCarthy Tétrault, 1986-1998. Of counsel for Canada against the United States in the Gulf of Maine dispute before the International Court of Justice, 1984. Appointed Special Parliamentary Counsel to the Joint Senate and House of Commons Committee examining the Meech Lake Accord, 1990. Of counsel for Canada against France in the St. Pierre and Miquelon maritime boundary dispute, 1991. Appeared as counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada in many leading constitutional, civil and occasional criminal law cases. Advisor to the Government of Newfoundland respecting constitutional amendments to the Terms of Union. Part-time lecturer on aboriginal rights at Osgoode Hall Law School, 1975-1979. Elected Commissioner, International Commission of Jurists, April 2003. Lecturer at the Upper Canada Law Society and The Canadian Bar Association, The Advocates’ Society and other professional associations. Author of numerous publications. Elected Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, 1993. Member of the Middle Temple Inns of Court in England. Chairman, Ontario Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee. Appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, January 8, 1998. Minister of Justice of Canada is the minister in the Cabinet of Canada who is responsible for the Department of Justice and is also Attorney General of Canada. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Gulf of Maine The Gulf of Maine is a large gulf of the Atlantic Ocean on the northeastern coast of North America, roughly between Cape Cod in Massachusetts on the south and Cape Sable Island on the southern tip of Nova Scotia on the northeast. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... The Meech Lake Accord was a set of failed constitutional amendments to the Constitution of Canada proposed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Robert Bourassa, premier of Quebec. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Civil law has at least three meanings. ... Criminal law (also known as penal law) is the body of law that punishes criminals for committing offences against the state. ... Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the US or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ... Indigenous peoples are: Peoples living in an area prior to colonization by a state Peoples living in an area within a nation-state, prior to the formation of a nation-state, but who do not identify with the dominant nation. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is an international, non-government organisation. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Canadian Bar Association is the Canadian voluntary bar association organization formed in 1896 representing the interests of 38,000 lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers, and law students from across Canada involved in the legal system. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Rhodes House in Oxford The Rhodes Scholarships were created by Englishman Cecil John Rhodes. ... The Supreme Court Building in Ottawa The Supreme Court of Canada is Canadas highest court and is located in the capital city of Ottawa. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

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Justices currently* serving on the Supreme Court of Canada:
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin The Supreme Court Building in Ottawa The Supreme Court of Canada is Canadas highest court and is located in the capital city of Ottawa. ... Supreme Court of Canada Building, August 2004, Ottawa, ON, CDN, File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., B.A., M.A., LL.B., LL.D., Chief Justice of Canada. ...
Puisne Justices John Major | Michel Bastarache | Ian Binnie | Louis LeBel | Marie Deschamps | Morris Fish | Rosalie Abella | Louise Charron Mr. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub | 1947 births | Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada ... Mr. ... Madam Justice Marie Deschamps, LL.L., LL.M. Born in Repentigny, Quebec on October 2, 1952 is a Canadian jurist. ... Mr. ... Rosalie Silberman Abella (born July 1, 1946 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a Canadian jurist. ... Louise Charron (born March 2, 1951 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario) is a Canadian jurist. ...
* as of 2005