Nicholas Kasirer

The Honourable
Nicholas Kasirer
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Incumbent
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 Canadian jurist who is serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2019. He was sworn into office on September 16, 2019.[1][2]

Early life and education

Nicholas Kasirer was born in Montreal on February 2, 1960. His mother was Patricia Heeney and his father, Paul, was a medical doctor. Nicholas’s grandfather was Canadian lawyer and diplomat Arnold Heeney.[3]

Kasirer attended Marianopolis College for his secondary studies, graduating in 1978, before matriculating at University of Toronto for his Bachelor of Arts in economics and political science, graduating in 1981.

He then went to McGill University to complete his Bachelor of Law in common and civil law, finishing his studies in 1985 and where he served as an editor for the McGill Law Journal,[4] and where he also later served as a professor from 1989 to 2009 and dean of the Faculty from 2003 to 2009.[5]

Kasirer also has a postgraduate diploma in international public law from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.[6]

Career

After law school Kasirer was an articling student with Stikeman Elliott and then a law clerk with the Supreme Court of Canada for Justice Jean Beetz.

Kasirer was previously a puisne justice with the Quebec Court of Appeal between 2009 and 2019 during which he delivered judgments on Property Law, Contract and Civil Liability Law, Human Rights Law, Succession Law, Patrimonial Family law, Fiduciary Law, International Private Law, Land Registry, and Commercial Law.[5]

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.

Judge of the Supreme Court

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.[7]

Books

  • Kasirer, Nicholas (2003), Le droit civil, avant tout un style?, Montréal, Les Éditions Themis, Canada.

Honorary degrees

On September 22, 2012, the Université de Sherbrooke granted an honorary doctoral degree to Kasirer.[8][9][10]

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. ^ "Nicholas Kasirer". The Canadian Encyclopedia. June 13, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Masthead, Volume 30". McGill Law Journal. 1984.
  5. ^ a b "CURRENT JUDGES OF THE COURT: The Honourable Nicholas Kasirer". Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  6. ^ "Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada - the Honourable Nicholas Kasirer's questionnaire". Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada. November 26, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  7. ^ "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.
  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.
  9. ^ "Nicholas Kasirer - Docteur d'honneur en droit". Archived from the original on September 26, 2020.
  10. ^ "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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