The Court of Appeal, Northwest Territories highest appellate
court,
hears criminal and civil appeals from the
Supreme Court and appeals from the
Territorial Court in indictable criminal
cases. The Court of Appeal is composed of a
Chief Justice and justices of appeal, which
are appointed by the Governor-in-Council from justices of the Courts of Appeal of
Alberta and Saskatchewan and the judges and
ex officio judges of the Supreme Court of
the Northwest Territories.
The Court of
Appeal sits regularly in Yellowknife and in
cases of emergency or situations of
special circumstance, it may sit throughout
the Territories or Alberta. Hearings are held
with a quorum of three judges and are open to the public. The
decisions of the Court of Appeal are binding
in all courts in the Northwest
Territories. Appeals from decisions made at
the
Court of Appeal, where provided for by law,
have to be addressed in the Supreme Court of
Canada.
Court of Appeal Judges :
The Honourable Justice C.A. Fraser - Chief
Justice (Edmonton, AB)
The Honourable Justice J.E Côté (Edmonton,
AB)
The Honourable Justice J.E. Richard
(Yellowknife, NT)
The Honourable Justice J.Z. Vertes
(Yellowknife, NT)
The Honourable Justice C.M. Conrad (Calgary,
AB)
The Honourable Justice E.A. McFadyen
(Calgary, AB)
The Honourable Justice E. Picard (Edmonton,
AB)
The Honourable Justice C. Hunt (Calgary, AB)
The Honourable Justice V.A. Schuler
(Yellowknife, NT)
The Honourable Justice R.L. Berger
(Edmonton, AB)
The Honourable Justice B.A. Browne (Iqaluit,
NU)
The Honourable Justice R.G. Kilpatrick (Iqaluit,
NU)
The Honourable Justice P.T. Costigan
(Edmonton, AB)
The Honourable Justice M.S. Paperny
(Calgary, AB)
The Honourable Justice K.G. Ritter
(Edmonton, AB)
The Honourable Justice R.S. Veale
(Whitehorse, YT)
The Honourable Justice E. Johnson (Iqaluit,
NU)
The Honourable Justice L.F. Gower (Whitehorse,
YT)
The Honourable Justice C. O'Brien (Calgary,
AB)
The Honourable Justice P.W.L. Martin
(Calgary, AB)
The Honourable Justice L.A.M.
Charbonneau (Yellowknife, NT)
The Honourable Justice J. Watson (Edmonton AB)
The Honourable Justice F.F. Slatter (Edmonton AB)
The Honourable Justice P.A. Rowbotham (Calgary AB)
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