Coat of arms of the Court.
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 Canada's most populous province.[1] 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 Courts of Justice Act.
Current Justices
An OCA courtroom at Osgoode Hall.
| Position |
Name |
appointed |
prior position |
| Chief Justice of Ontario |
Warren Winkler |
June 1, 2007 |
|
| Associate Chief Justice of Ontario |
Dennis O'Connor |
1998/2001 |
|
| Justice |
Robert P. Armstrong |
January 25, 2002 |
|
| Justice |
Robert A. Blair |
November 5, 2003 |
|
| Justice |
Stephen Borins |
1997 |
|
| Justice |
James J. Carthy |
|
|
| Justice |
Eleanore A. Cronk |
July 31, 2001 |
|
| Justice |
David H. Doherty |
September 1, 1990 |
|
| Justice |
Gloria J. Epstein |
October 12, 2007 |
|
| Justice |
Kathryn N. Feldman |
|
|
| Justice |
Eileen E. Gillese |
2002 |
|
| Justice |
Stephen T. Goudge |
|
|
| Justice |
Russell G. Juriansz |
March 12, 2004 |
|
| Justice |
Harry S. Laforme |
November 2004 |
|
| Justice |
Susan E. Lang |
2004 |
|
| Justice |
John I. Laskin |
January 1994 |
|
| Justice |
Jean L. MacFarland |
|
|
| Justice |
James C. MacPherson |
1999 |
|
| Justice |
Michael J. Moldaver |
December 1995 |
|
| Justice |
Marc Rosenberg |
December 1995 |
|
| Justice |
Paul Rouleau |
|
|
| Justice |
Robert J. Sharpe |
1999 |
|
| Justice |
Janet M. Simmons |
August 2000 |
|
| Justice |
David Watt |
October 12, 2007[2] |
|
| Justice |
Karen M. Weiler |
March 12, 1992 |
|
Past Justices
Chief Justice of Upper Canada
See also
References
External links
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