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  • Headshot: Robert J. Sharpe

    Robert J. Sharpe

    B.A. (Western Ontario), LL.B. (Toronto), D.Phil. (Oxford), D. Civil Law (hon: University of Windsor), LL.D (hon: Law Society of Upper Canada)

    Robert Sharpe was a judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal from 1999 to 2020. He was called to the bar in 1974 and practiced with MacKinnon McTaggart (later McTaggart Potts) in the area of civil litigation. He was a professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law from 1976 to 1988 where he… Read more »

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  • George Finlayson

    Esq., Q.C., LL.B., LL.D

    The Honourable George D. Finlayson 1928-2008. Esq., Q.C., LL.B., LL.D The Honourable George D. Finlayson was born in Winnipeg, MB in 1928. He started his post-secondary education in a pre-med program; however, after the first year he enrolled in an Honours Arts program at the University of Toronto. He graduated in 1949 with a Pass… Read more »

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  • In Memoriam- The Hon. R. Roy McMurtry

    It is with deep sadness that the Osgoode Society marks the death of the Hon. R. Roy McMurtry, on March 18 th , 2024. The preface to all of our books states that the Society was ‘founded at the initiative of The Honourable R. Roy McMurtry’ in the late 1970s. Roy also served many years… Read more »

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  • Women’s Fight for Legal Personhood: The Persons Case in Historical Perspective

    The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History invites you to our inaugural student event — ‘Women’s Fight for Legal Personhood: The Persons Case in Historical Perspective’. Professor Jim Phillips will moderate a panel discussion between The Honourable Robert J. Sharpe, Professor Patricia McMahon, and Professor Sonia Lawrence examining the history and modern implications of the Persons… Read more »

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  • Legal History for Legal Professionals – THIS EVENT IS FULL

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE OSGOODE SOCIETY. UNFORTUNATELY THE SESSION THIS EVENING IS FULL. WE WILL BE SENDING INFORMATION SOON IN REGARDS TO OUR NEXT EVENT. Join us for the Osgoode Society’s first evening session of legal history for legal professionals – and earn 20 minutes of CLE professionalism credit at the same time. Justice Robert… Read more »

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  • Law Society of Upper Canada Mark’s Canada’s 150th Birthday

    On 27 September, 2017, the Law Society of Upper Canada will mark Canada’s 150th birthday with an event highlighting the role of lawyers in making the constitution and in the development of the inclusive society we are committed to building. The afternoon event will go from 3 – 6 p.m. and be held at Osgoode… Read more »

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  • Headshot: John Douglas Arnup

    John Douglas Arnup (1911 – 2005)

    B.A. (Toronto), LL.B. (Osgoode Hall), LL.D. (hon: York, Queens, and Law Society of Upper Canada), DLITTS (hon: Toronto).

    After being called to the bar in 1935 John Arnup practiced with Mason, Foulds, Davidson, Carter & Kellock (now Weir and Foulds). During his time at the firm, he became one of Toronto’s most highly regarded litigators. Arnup was elected a Bencher to the Law Society of upper Canada in 1952 and Treasurer in 1963…. Read more »

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  • Podcast

    Podcast: Time Immemorial The Osgoode Society is pleased to announce that we are sponsoring Time Immemorial, a series of podcasts which explore episodes of Canadian legal history.  The podcasts are researched and written by two of our members, Preston Lim and Gregory Ringkamp. For a list of those currently available see below. We will place all episodes of Time… Read more »