The Honourable
Nicholas Kasirer
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Assumed office
September 16, 2019
Nominated byJustin Trudeau
Appointed byJulie Payette
Preceded byClément Gascon
Puisne Justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal
In office
2009 – September 15, 2019
Nominated byStephen Harper
Appointed byDavid Johnston
Personal details
BornMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (BA)
McGill University (LLB, BCL)
University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, (DEA)

Nicholas Kasirer is a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was sworn into office on September 16, 2019.[1][2]

Kasirer was previously a justice with the Quebec Court of Appeal between 2009 and 2019.[3] He is a graduate of the McGill University Faculty of Law, where he served as an editor for the McGill Law Journal,[4] and where he later served as a professor from 1989 to 2009 and dean of the Faculty from 2003 to 2009.[3]

He has written more than a dozen books on legal matters and taught classes on the law of obligations, property law, family law, and wills and estates law in both civil and common law.

On July 10, 2019, Kasirer was nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. On August 7, 2019, he was officially appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada effective as of September 16, 2019.[5]

Books

Honorary degrees

On September 22, 2012, the Université de Sherbrooke granted an honorary doctoral degree to Kasirer.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Canada, Supreme Court of (January 1, 2001). "Supreme Court of Canada - Biography - Nicholas Kasirer". www.scc-csc.ca. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "CSC News Release". January 2001. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "CURRENT JUDGES OF THE COURT: The Honourable Nicholas Kasirer". Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  4. ^ "Masthead, Volume 30". McGill Law Journal. 1984.
  5. ^ "Prime Minister announces appointment of the Honourable Nicholas Kasirer to the Supreme Court of Canada". Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "Nicholas Kasirer receives honorary doctorate from Université de Sherbrooke". Faculty of Law. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  7. ^ "Nicholas Kasirer - Docteur d'honneur en droit". Archived from the original on September 26, 2020.
  8. ^ "Nicholas Kasirer receives honorary doctorate from Université de Sherbrooke". Faculty of Law. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
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