The Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

is the highest appellate court

Appellate court

An appellate court, commonly called an appeals court or court of appeals or appeal court , is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal...

 which hears appeal

Appeal

An appeal is a petition for review of a case that has been decided by a court of law. The petition is made to a higher court for the purpose of overturning the lower court's decision....

s from criminal cases

Criminal law

Criminal law, is the body of law that relates to crime. It might be defined as the body of rules that defines conduct that is not allowed because it is held to threaten, harm or endanger the safety and welfare of people, and that sets out the punishment to be imposed on people who do not obey...

 and civil cases

Civil law (common law)

Civil law, as opposed to criminal law, is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals or organizations, in which compensation may be awarded to the victim...

 of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories

Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories

The Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories is the name of two different superior courts for the Canadian territory of the Northwest Territories, which have existed at different times.The first Supreme Court of the North-West Territories was created in 1885...

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The Court consists of a Chief Justice and justices of appeal which are appointed by the Governor-in-Council from justices of the Court of Appeal of Alberta

Court of Appeal of Alberta

The Court of Appeal of Alberta is an Canadian appellate court.-Jurisdiction and Hierarchy within Canadian Courts:The Court is the highest court in Alberta, Canada...

 and Saskatchewan Court of Appeal and the judges and ex officio judges of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories.

The Court of Appeal sits in Yellowknife

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Yellowknife is the capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories , Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, approximately south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River...

, or, other locations in the Canadian territories or Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

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Northwest Territories Court of Appeal Judges

• The Honourable Justice Catherine Fraser
  Catherine Fraser
  The Hon. Catherine Anne Fraser was appointed as Chief Justice of Alberta and Chief Justice of Northwest Territories in 1992. She was named as the Chief Justice of the Nunavut Court of Appeal on March 24, 1999.-Early years:...
  
  - Chief Justice (Edmonton, AB)
• The Honourable Justice J.E Côté (Edmonton, AB)
• The Honourable Justice J.E. Richard (Yellowknife, NT)
• The Honourable Justice J.Z. Vertes (Yellowknife, NT)
• The Honourable Justice C.M. Conrad (Calgary, AB)
• The Honourable Justice E.A. McFadyen (Calgary, AB)
• The Honourable Justice E. Picard (Edmonton, AB)
• The Honourable Justice C. Hunt (Calgary, AB)
• The Honourable Justice V.A. Schuler (Yellowknife, NT)
• The Honourable Justice R.L. Berger (Edmonton, AB)
• The Honourable Justice A. Fruman (Calgary, AB)
• The Honourable Justice B.A. Browne (Iqaluit, NU)
• The Honourable Justice R.G. Kilpatrick (Iqaluit, NU)
• The Honourable Justice P.T. Costigan (Edmonton, AB)
• The Honourable Justice M.S. Paperny (Calgary, AB)
• The Honourable Justice K.G. Ritter (Edmonton, AB)
• The Honourable Justice R.S. Veale (Whitehorse, YT)
• The Honourable Justice E. Johnson (Iqaluit, NU)
• The Honourable Justice L.F. Gower (Whitehorse, YT)
• The Honourable Justice C. O'Brien (Calgary, AB)
• The Honourable Justice P.W.L. Martin (Calgary, AB)
• The Honourable Justice L.A.M. Charbonneau (Yellowknife, NT)
• The Honourable Justice J. Watson (Edmonton AB)
• The Honourable Justice F.F. Slatter (Edmonton AB)

External links

• Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories