Current Justices of the Court of Appeal

The Justices of the Court of Appeal can be viewed alphabetically or by seniority.

Current Justices (alphabetical)

Chief Justice Lance S.G. Finch

  • Date of Call to BC Bar May 14, 1963
  • Appointed to Supreme Court May 5, 1983
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 28, 1993
  • Appointed Chief Justice of British Columbia June 6, 2001

Madam Justice Elizabeth A. Bennett

  • Date of Call to BC Bar September 10, 1982
  • Appointed to Supreme Court August 27, 1997
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 14, 2009

Mr. Justice Edward C. Chiasson

  • Date of Call to BC Bar May 1967
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal September 14, 2006

Mr. Justice Ian T. Donald

  • Date of Call to BC Bar May 14, 1969
  • Appointed to Supreme Court June 30, 1989
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal January 27, 1994

Mr. Justice S. David Frankel

  • Date of Call to BC Bar September 16, 1974
  • Appointed to Supreme Court March 2, 2007
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 10, 2007

Madam Justice Nicole J. Garson

  • Date of Call to BC Bar September 10, 1981
  • Appointed to Supreme Court March 21, 2001
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 14, 2009

Mr. Justice Harvey M. Groberman

  • Date of Call to the BC Bar September 27, 1985
  • Appointed to Supreme Court December 14, 2001
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 8, 2008

Mr. Justice John E. Hall

  • Date of Call to BC Bar June 30, 1964
  • Appointed to Supreme Court July 11, 1991
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal December 19, 1996

Mr. Justice David C. Harris

  • Date of Call to BC Bar March 17, 1987
  • Appointed to Supreme Court March 19, 2010
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal April 10, 2012

Mr. Justice Christopher E. Hinkson

  • Date of Call to BC Bar May 14, 1976
  • Appointed to Supreme Court March 2, 2007
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal March 19, 2010

Madam Justice Pamela A. Kirkpatrick

  • Date of Call to BC Bar July 10, 1978
  • Appointed to Supreme Court November 27, 1992
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal June 2, 2005

Madam Justice Risa E. Levine

  • Date of Call to BC Bar September 9, 1978
  • Appointed to Supreme Court September 26, 1995
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal February 6, 2001

Mr. Justice Richard T. A. Low

  • Date of Call to BC Bar May 19, 1965
  • Appointed to County Court March 31, 1977
  • Appointed to Supreme Court July 1, 1990
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal July 27, 2000

Mr. Justice P.D. Lowry

  • Date of Call to BC Bar 1971
  • Appointed to Supreme Court October 11, 1991
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal June 30, 2003

Madam Justice Anne W. MacKenzie

  • Date of Call to BC Bar July 10, 1978
  • Appointed to Supreme Court June 20, 1996
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal December 31, 2011

Madam Justice Kathryn E. Neilson

  • Date of Call to BC Bar June 30, 1975
  • Appointed to Supreme Court July 1, 1999
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 8, 2008

Madam Justice Mary V. Newbury

  • Date of Call to BC Bar June 30, 1976
  • Appointed to Supreme Court July 11, 1991
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal September 26, 1995

Madam Justice Jo-Ann E. Prowse

  • Date of Call to BC Bar June 20, 1975
  • Appointed to County Court January 1, 1987
  • Appointed to Supreme Court September 8, 1988
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal June 24, 1992

Madam Justice Catherine Anne Ryan

  • Date of Call to BC Bar January 11, 1977
  • Appointed to County Court May 26, 1987
  • Appointed to Supreme Court July 1, 1990
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal January 27, 1994

Madam Justice Mary E. Saunders

  • Date of Call to BC Bar June 1975
  • Appointed to Supreme Court December 23, 1991
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal July 1, 1999

Madam Justice Daphne M. Smith

  • Date of Call to BC Bar May 14, 1976
  • Appointed to Supreme Court December 19, 1996
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 8, 2008

Mr. Justice Kenneth J. Smith

  • Date of Call to BC Bar May 13, 1966
  • Appointed to Supreme Court May 28, 1993
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal September 28, 2001

Mr. Justice David Franklin Tysoe

  • Date of Call to BC Bar May 14, 1976
  • Appointed to Supreme Court June 24, 1992
  • Appointed to the Court of Appeal June 22, 2007
Registrar

Registrar Jennifer L. Jordan

  • Date of Appointment September 7, 1982

Former Justices of the Court of Appeal (retired since 1996)

Mr. Justice Robert J. Bauman

  • 2008 - 2009

Mr. Justice Thomas R. Braidwood

  • 1996 - 2005

Mr. Justice A.B.B. Carrothers

  • 1973 - 1998

Mr. Justice G.S. Cumming

  • 1989 - 2001

Mr. Justice William A. Esson

  • 1983 - 1989
  • 1996 - 2005

Mr. Justice R. J. Gibbs

  • 1989 - 1999

Mr. Justice D.M.M. Goldie

  • 1991 - 1999

Mr. Justice D.B. Hinds

  • 1990 - 1999

Mr. Justice E.E. Hinkson

  • 1977 - 1996

Mr. Justice H.A. Hollinrake

  • 1990 - 2004

Madam Justice Carol Mahood Huddart

  • 1996 - 2011

Mr. Justice H.E. Hutcheon

  • 1980 - 1996

Mr. Justice John Douglas Lambert

  • 1978- 2005

Mr. Justice H.P. Legg

  • 1989 - 1997

Mr. Justice A. B. Macfarlane

  • 1982 - 1999

Mr. Justice Kenneth C. Mackenzie

  • 1998 - 2011

Chief Justice Allan McEachern

  • 1988 - 2001

Mr. Justice Wallace T. Oppal

  • 2003 - 2005

Madam Justice P.M. Proudfoot

  • 1989 - 2002

Madam Justice M. Anne Rowles

  • 1991 - 2011

Madam Justice M.F. Southin

  • 1988 - 2006

Mr. Justice Allan D. Thackray

  • 1990 - 2007

Mr. Justice Josiah Wood

  • 1989 - 1996

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