Anne L. Mactavish is a Canadian jurist who is a judge of the
Federal Court of Appeal.
Early life and education
Born in
Montreal
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, Quebec, Canada, Mactavish was educated at
Bishop's University
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, the
University of New Brunswick
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English language, English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universiti ...
, and the
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa (), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a Official bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ot ...
.
She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1982. She became an Associate and Partner at Perley-Robertson, Panet, Hill & McDougall from 1982 to 1996. She was appointed President of the Human Rights Tribunal Panel in 1995, and Chairperson of the
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in 1998. (The rules stipulate that the Chairperson of the
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal be appointed for a term of not more than seven years.) Mactavish was also President of the County of Carleton Law Association.
As of January 2009, she was President of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice.
Mactavish was appointed a judge of the
Federal Court and a member ''ex officio'' of the
Federal Court of Appeal on November 19, 2003.
She was appointed as a judge of the
Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada on March 23, 2004.
Mactavish was elevated to the Court of Appeal on June 22, 2019.
Rulings regarding Iraq war resister cases
Justice Mactavish heard two well publicized cases involving
Iraq War Resisters: those of
Jeremy Hinzman and
Robin Long.
Mactavish ruled against
Jeremy Hinzman's application for refugee status on March 31, 2006, something that generated significant press coverage.
In the later similar case of
Robin Long on July 14, 2008, "Madam Justice Anne Mactavish of the Federal Court of Canada cleared the way for
ong'sdeportation..."
was the first U.S. soldier to be deported from Canada to the United States.
See also
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Mactavish ruling on Jeremy Hinzman in the context of Canada and Iraq War Resisters
*
Federal Court
*
Jeremy Hinzman
*
Robin Long
References
External links
Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada - biography of Anne Mactavish
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Lawyers from Montreal
Living people
Judges of the Federal Court of Canada
Canadian women judges
Judges of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
Year of birth missing (living people)