Brian Dickson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Brian Dickson

15th Chief Justice of Canada

Date of Birth: 25-May-1916

Place of Birth: Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1998

Profession: judge, lawyer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Brian Dickson

  • Robert George Brian Dickson, (May 25, 1916 – October 17, 1998), commonly known as Brian Dickson, was a Canadian lawyer, military officer and judge.
  • He was appointed a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada on March 26, 1973, and subsequently appointed the 15th Chief Justice of Canada on April 18, 1984.
  • He retired on June 30, 1990. Dickson's tenure as chief justice coincided with the first wave of cases under the new Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which reached the Supreme Court from 1984 onwards.
  • Dickson wrote several very influential judgments dealing with the Charter and laid the groundwork for the approach that the courts would take to the Charter.

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