John B. Laskin
Canadian judge
John B. Laskin | |
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Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 21, 2017[1] | |
John B. Laskin is a justice of the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada.[1]
He was appointed as a law professor at the University of Toronto, and subsequently worked as a trial and appellate lawyer for over 30 years at Torys LLP in Toronto.[1]
His uncle is Bora Laskin, formerly chief justice of Canada.[2] His cousin is John I. Laskin, formerly a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.[2][3]: xiii
References
- ^ a b c "The Honourable John B. Laskin". Federal Court of Appeal website. 10 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-09-19. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
Justice John B. Laskin practised litigation for more than 30 years in the Toronto office of Torys LLP.
- ^ a b MacCharles, Tonda (2011-05-16), "Harper government to name two new high court judges", Toronto Star, archived from the original on 2020-01-20, retrieved 2021-09-19,
Observers also toss out several names in private legal practice in Ontario, including several with Bay Street experience and strong backgrounds in commercial law: Sheila Block, Tom Heintzman, Neil Finkenstein, and John B. Laskin (nephew of former Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Bora Laskin).
- ^ Girard, Philip (2005), Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 9781442616882,
Bora Laskin's children, the Hon. John I. Laskin and Barbara Laskin Plumptre, have considered writing about their father, and I hope that one day they will publish a memoir of him.
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