Nova Scotia Judge

• N.S. judge says her rights were violated when chief judge asked about vaccine status

  Provincial court Judge Rickcola Brinton says her rights to judicial independence and medical privacy were violated when she was pressured to reveal her COVID-19 vaccination status.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2023
  
• Castor Williams, Nova Scotia’s first black provincial court judge, dies

  As a provincial court judge, Castor Williams spent his entire career in Halifax. Though he retired at age 70, he spent the next five years working as a part-time judge.

  Canada

  May 24, 2019
  
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• Nova Scotia man denied request to serve his daughter court papers through Facebook 

  The man was seeking sole decision-making responsibility for his grandson, who lives with him, and said his daughter was unreliable at meeting face-to-face but used her Facebook account regularly.

  Crime

  Nov 29, 2018
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• 121 complaints dismissed against Nova Scotia judge who said ‘clearly, a drunk can consent’

  The review committee said the threshold for finding judicial misconduct is high and that after reviewing the trial transcript, it found no evidence of "impermissible reasoning or bias."

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2018
• N.S. father allowed to have time with six-year-old child despite views on white pride: Judge

  In her decision, Justice Carole Beaton of the provincial supreme court's Family Division says it's in the six-year-old's best interest to have contact with the father.

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2018
• N.S. court of appeal says ‘Judge-made vortex of uncertainty and delay’ stalled adoption

  The adoptive parents of a young baby found themselves caught in a "judge-made vortex of uncertainty and delay" that stalled the adoption for almost a year at great expense and anxiety to the family.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2017