Restoring Justice

BRIEFS
New appointments for Nova Scotia’s Judiciary
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Photos provided courtesy of the Executive Office of the Nova Scotia Judiciary
1. The Honourable Judge Timothy Daley served as the
Society’s President in 2012-2013 and had a lengthy legal career
as a sole practitioner of the Goodman MacDonald Law Group
in New Glasgow. He was sworn in May 8 by the Honourable
Pamela S. Williams, Chief Judge of the Provincial and Family
Courts, and sits primarily in Pictou.
2. The Hon. Justice R. Lester Jesudason was appointed to
the Nova Scotia Supreme Court Family Division, sitting mainly
in Halifax. Joining him at his July 6 robing ceremony were (left to
right) Mrs. Uma Verma, his wife’s grandmother; wife Moneesha
Sinha, a lawyer with Blois Nickerson & Bryson LLP; their
daughter Raina; and Dr. Gita Sinha, his mother-in-law.
3. The Hon. Judge Elizabeth A. Buckle, a former federal
Crown prosecutor, was in private practice with MacKinnon
Buckle Stevenson prior to her appointment to the Provincial and
Family Courts of Nova Scotia. She sits mainly in Amherst and
is here at her May 22 robing ceremony with the Hon. Michael
MacDonald, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia.
4. The Hon. Justice Robert M. Gregan, formerly Managing
Lawyer with Nova Scotia Legal Aid in Amherst, now presides
in Sydney at the Nova Scotia Supreme Court Family Division.
Robing him at his September 4 ceremony were the Hon. Joseph
P. Kennedy (at left), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and the
Hon. Lawrence I. O’Neil (at right), Associate Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court Family Division.
Other recent appointments:
• The Hon. Richard F. Southcott was appointed as a
judge of the Federal Court in Ottawa on May 5. He had
been regional managing partner for Stewart McKelvey and
prior to joining the Bench, was Vice President and General
Counsel at Irving Shipbuilding Inc. in Halifax.
• The Hon. Henry A. Visser joined the Tax Court of Canada
on June 19. He was formerly a partner with McInnes Cooper
in Halifax.
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