Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal)

Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal)
Coat of Arms of the Supreme Court
Established	1975
Country	Canada: Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Location	St. John's
Authorized by	Judicature Amendment Act, 1974
Number of positions	6
Website	Court of Appeal
Chief Justice
Currently	Raymond P Whalen
Since	22 December 2014

The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal) is at the top of the hierarchy of courts for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Legally, the Court of Appeal is the appeal division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador and derives its powers and jurisdiction from the Judicature Amendment Act, 1974.

The separate Court of Appeal was established in 1975 and comprises the Chief Justice and 5 other justices. Prior to that both trial and appeals were carried out in the Supreme Court, where the individual judges routinely acted as a trial judges but, in the event of an appeal, would sit together (en banc) to hear it.

The Court now hears appeals of all type from the Supreme Court Trial Division's General Division, Family Division, Provincial Court, and a number of boards and tribunals. Decisions are subject to final appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. Prior to 1949, when Newfoundland became a province of Canada, final appeals passed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which was the highest court for the British Empire and Commonwealth. (For a list of Newfoundland decisions from the Judicial Committee, see: List of Newfoundland Cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (pre-1949)).

Current judges (as of 2010)

Position	Name	Appointed	Nominated by	Position Prior to Appointment
Chief Justice	J.Derek Green	2009	Harper	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Trial Division)
Justice	Gale Welsh	2001	Chretien	Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Trial Division)
Justice	Malcolm Rowe	2001	Chretien	Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Trial Division)
Justice	Keith Mercer*	2003	Chretien	Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Trial Division)
Justice	Leo Barry*	2007	Harper	Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Trial Division)
Justice	Charles White	2009	Harper	Lawyer at White, Ottenheimer & Baker
Justice	Michael Harrington	2009	Harper	Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Trial Division)
Justice	Lois R. Hoegg	2010	Harper	Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Trial Division)

Supernumerary Justices are marked with a star.

List of Chief Justices

Source (1791–1880):

Supreme Court of Judicature for Newfoundland founded 1791
Supreme Court of Newfoundland founded 1824
Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal founded 1975.

No	Name	Appointed	Position prior to Appointment	Notes
-	Raymond P Whalen	11 Dec 2014
-	J. Derek Green	27 Mar 2009		to 2014
-	Clyde Wells	1999		to 2009
22	James R. Gushue	1996		to 1998
21	Noel Goodridge	17 Nov 1986
20	Arthur Samuel Mifflin	1979	Chief Justice Trials Division
19	Robert Stafford Furlong	1958
18	Sir Albert Joseph Walsh	Sep 1949	1st Lieutenant-Governor
17	Sir Lewis Edward Emerson	1944	Commissioner for Defence
16	Sir William Henry Horwood	1902	Minister of Justice
15	Sir Joseph Ignatius Little	1898	Judge
14	Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter	20 May 1880	Prime Minister of Newfoundland
13	Sir Hugh William Hoyles	20 May 1865	Prime Minister and Attorney General
12	Sir Francis Brady	29 Nov 1847
11	Thomas Norton	5 Nov 1844
10	John Gervase Hutchinson Bourne	1838		Removed from office, 1844
9	Henry John Boulton	1833	Attorney General of Upper Canada	Removed from office, 1844
8	Richard Alexander Tucker	1 Oct 1822
7	Francis Forbes	4 Aug 1816	Crown Law Officer in Bermuda
6	Caesar Colclough	1813
5	Thomas Tremlett	1804	Naval Officer	Exchanged for Colclough, 1813
4	Jonathan Ogden	1803	Naval Officer
3	Richard Routh	1797	Collector of Customs	Drowned at sea
2	D'Ewes Coke	1792	Naval surgeon
1	John Reeves	1791		Sole judge

External links

• Court website