At this evening’s meeting of the board of directors of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, Justice Robert J. Sharpe of the Ontario Court of Appeal was elected president of the Society. While R. Roy McMurtry, the founder and of the society and its long-serving president, has decided to step down, he will not… Read more »
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The Last Day, the Last Hour: The Currie Libel Trial
by Robert J. Sharpe, Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2009 (first edition published by Carswells, 1988). The Osgoode Society first published Robert Sharpe’s study of the libel action launched by Sir Arthur Currie in 1988, sixty years after the case itself had captured the attention of the… Read more »
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June 19, 2015 - Justice Robert J. Sharpe new president of the Osgoode Society
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Nancy Backhouse
Madam Justice Nancy Backhouse is currently serving on the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario. Before her appointment to the bench, Justice Backhouse was a family law lawyer and labour arbitrator. She was also a bencher and chair of the Admissions and Equity Committee of the Law Society, vice-chair of the Ontario Grievance Settlement Board,… Read more »
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Student Tour of Osgoode Hall and Reception
The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History is pleased to offer law students the chance to tour Osgoode Hall, which houses the Ontario Court of Appeal. Osgoode Hall is a Toronto architectural landmark of great current and historic significance to Ontario’s legal system. Students will be welcomed by a Justice of the Ontario Court of… Read more »
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The Honourable R. Roy McMurtry
R. Roy McMurtry,1932-2024, was the former chief justice of Ontario (1996-2007) and Canadian high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1985-1988). He is counsel at Gowlings. He was first elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1975 after practicing as a trial lawyer for 17 years, and served as attorney-general under Premier William Davis. Mr. McMurtry founded… Read more »
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Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop Schedules 2011-2017
2017 Wednesday January 11 – Dennis Molinaro, Trent University: “The Official Secret.” Wednesday January 25 – Anna Jarvis, York University: “Colonial criminal justice and the Mi’kmaq: the case of Tom Williams, Prince Edward Island, 1839”. Wednesday February 8 – Bill Wylie, Independent Scholar: “The “Majestic Equality” of the Law: Diverging Views on the Reform of… Read more »
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Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume XI: Quebec and the Canadas
edited by G. Blaine Baker, Emeritus Professor of Law, McGill University, and Donald Fyson, Professor of History, Laval University. Published with the University of Toronto Press, 2013. This latest volume in the Essays in the History of Canadian Law series, with which we launched our publishing programme in 1981, is the first devoted to central… Read more »
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May 8, 2023 - In Memoriam Horace Krever
The Honourable Horace Krever passed away on April 30. A graduate of the University of Toronto who then practiced law and taught at his alma mater, he was appointed a judge of the then Supreme Court of Ontario in 1975 and elevated to the Court of Appeal in 1986, where he served until retirement in… Read more »
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Robert J. Sharpe
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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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 »