James K. Hugessen

The Honourable
James K. Hugessen
CM
Deputy Judge of the Federal Court of Canada
Assumed office
July 28, 2008
Personal details
Born (1933-07-26) July 26, 1933
Montreal, Quebec

James Cornelius Knatchbull-Hugessen CM (born July 26, 1933), known professionally as James K. Hugessen is a judge currently serving on the Federal Court of Canada.[1] He is the son of the senator Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen.

Born in Montreal in 1933, James K. Hugessen was educated at Oxford University and McGill University. After graduating with a B.C.L. from McGill in 1957, he was called to the bar in 1958 and entered private practice. From 1962 to 1974 he was an adjunct professor in McGill’s Faculty of Law. In 1972 he was appointed as a justice of the Quebec Superior Court. In 1983 he became a judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Appeal Division and retired in 2008. After his retirement, he was appointed as a deputy judge of the Federal Court. His other appointments have included the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization and the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories. A visually-disabled person, he served as the chair of the federal Task Force on Access to Information for Print-Disabled Canadians. In 2009, as a result of his outstanding judicial career and long term service to McGill’s Faculty of Law, he was given the F.R. Scott Award for Distinguished Service.[2] In 2014, he was named a Member of the Order of Canada.[3] His archive is held at the McGill University Archives.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Federal Court of Canada, About the Court
  2. 1 2 "James K. Hugessen Fonds". McGill Library Archival Catalogue. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  3. ↑ "Order of Canada Appointments". June 30, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.



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