Current & Former Justices of the Court of Appeal

The Justices of the Court of Appeal can be viewed alphabetically or by seniority.

Current Justices (alphabetical)

Mr. Justice Patrice Abrioux

  • Date of Call to BC Bar July 10, 1981
  • Appointed to Supreme Court September 30, 2011
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal March 7, 2019

Chief Justice Robert James Bauman

  • Date of Call to BC Bar June 26, 1975
  • Appointed to Supreme Court June 20, 1996
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal February 20, 2008
  • Appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court September 9, 2009
  • Appointed Chief Justice of British Columbia June 16, 2013

Madam Justice Elizabeth A. Bennett

  • Date of Call to BC Bar September 10, 1982
  • Appointed to Supreme Court August 27, 1997
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 14, 2009

Mr. Justice G. Bruce Butler

  • Date of Call to BC Bar July 10, 1980
  • Appointed to Supreme Court March 30, 2007
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal August 29, 2018

Madam Justice Joyce DeWitt-Van Oosten

  • Date of Call to BC Bar March 12, 1993
  • Appointed to Supreme Court October 20, 2016
  • Appointed to the Court of Appeal May 6, 2019

Madam Justice Gail M. Dickson

  • Date of Call to BC Bar July 13, 1982
  • Appointed to Supreme Court December 15, 2006
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal July 28, 2015

Madam Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon

  • Date of Call to BC Bar May 1, 1985
  • Appointed to Supreme Court January 31, 2008
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal June 19, 2015

Madam Justice Barbara Fisher

  • Date of Call to BC Bar February 10, 1983
  • Appointed to Supreme Court November 26, 2004
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal September 14, 2017

Mr. Justice Gregory James Fitch

  • Date of Call to BC Bar March 18, 1994
  • Appointed to Supreme Court October 20, 2011
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal September 1, 2015

Mr. Justice S. David Frankel

  • Date of Call to BC Bar September 16, 1974
  • Appointed to Supreme Court March 2, 2007
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 10, 2007

Madam Justice Nicole J. Garson

  • Date of Call to BC Bar September 10, 1981
  • Appointed to Supreme Court March 21, 2001
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 14, 2009

Mr. Justice Richard Goepel

  • Date of Call to BC Bar June 1974
  • Appointed to Supreme Court September 27, 2001
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal November 7, 2013

Madam Justice Susan Griffin

  • Date of Call to the BC Bar August 1, 1985
  • Appointed to Supreme Court February 20, 2008
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal February 7, 2018

Mr. Justice Harvey M. Groberman

  • Date of Call to the BC Bar September 27, 1985
  • Appointed to Supreme Court December 14, 2001
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 8, 2008

Mr. Justice David C. Harris

  • Date of Call to BC Bar March 17, 1987
  • Appointed to Supreme Court March 19, 2010
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal April 5, 2012

Mr. Justice John J.L. Hunter

  • Date of Call to BC Bar January 31, 1977
  • Appointed to the Court of Appeal April 12, 2017

Madam Justice Anne W. MacKenzie

  • Date of Call to BC Bar July 10, 1978
  • Appointed to Supreme Court June 20, 1996
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal December 31, 2011

Madam Justice Mary V. Newbury

  • Date of Call to BC Bar June 30, 1976
  • Appointed to Supreme Court July 11, 1991
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal September 26, 1995

Madam Justice Mary E. Saunders

  • Date of Call to BC Bar June 1975
  • Appointed to Supreme Court December 23, 1991
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal July 1, 1999

Madam Justice Daphne M. Smith

  • Date of Call to BC Bar May 14, 1976
  • Appointed to Supreme Court December 19, 1996
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal May 8, 2008

Madam Justice Sunni Stromberg-Stein

  • Date of Call to BC Bar September 14, 1976
  • Appointed to Provincial Court of BC December 4, 1989
  • Appointed to Supreme Court February 16, 1996
  • Appointed to Court of Appeal June 6, 2013

Mr. Justice David Franklin Tysoe

  • Date of Call to BC Bar May 14, 1976
  • Appointed to Supreme Court June 24, 1992
  • Appointed to the Court of Appeal June 22, 2007

Mr. Justice Peter M. Willcock

  • Date of Call to BC Bar July 12, 1983
  • Appointed to Supreme Court June 19, 2009
  • Appointed to the Court of Appeal June 6, 2013
Registrar

RegistrarTimothy Outerbridge

  • Date of Appointment June 30, 2014

Former Chief Justices of the Court of Appeal (since 1988)

Chief Justice Lance S.G. Finch

  • 2001 - 2013

Chief Justice Allan McEachern

  • 1988 - 2001

Former Justices of the Court of Appeal (since 1996)

Mr. Justice Robert James Bauman

  • 2008 - 2009

Mr. Justice Thomas R. Braidwood

  • 1996 - 2005

Mr. Justice A.B.B. Carrothers

  • 1973 - 1998

Mr. Justice Edward C. Chiasson

  • 2006 - 2015

Mr. Justice G.S. Cumming

  • 1989 - 2001

Mr. Justice Ian T. Donald

  • 1994 - 2017

Mr. Justice William A. Esson

  • 1983 - 1989
  • 1996 - 2005

Mr. Justice Lance S.G. Finch

  • 1993 - 2001

Mr. Justice R. J. Gibbs

  • 1989 - 1999

Mr. Justice D.M.M. Goldie

  • 1991 - 1999

Mr. Justice John E. Hall

  • 1996 - 2014

Mr. Justice D.B. Hinds

  • 1990 - 1999

Mr. Justice Christopher E. Hinkson

  • 2010 - 2013

Mr. Justice E.E. Hinkson

  • 1977 - 1996

Mr. Justice H.A. Hollinrake

  • 1990 - 2004

Madam Justice Carol Mahood Huddart

  • 1996 - 2011

Mr. Justice H.E. Hutcheon

  • 1980 - 1996

Madam Justice Pamela A. Kirkpatrick

  • 2005 - 2019

Mr. Justice John Douglas Lambert

  • 1978- 2005

Mr. Justice H.P. Legg

  • 1989 - 1997

Madam Justice Risa Levine

  • 2001 - 2014

Mr. Justice Richard T. A. Low

  • 2000 - 2014

Mr. Justice P.D. Lowry

  • 2003 - 2018

Mr. Justice A. B. Macfarlane

  • 1982 - 1999

Mr. Justice Kenneth C. Mackenzie

  • 1998 - 2011

Madam Justice Kathryn E. Neilson

  • 2008 - 2016

Mr. Justice Wallace T. Oppal

  • 2003 - 2005

Madam Justice P.M. Proudfoot

  • 1989 - 2002

Madam Justice Jo-Ann E. Prowse

  • 1992 - 2013

Madam Justice M. Anne Rowles

  • 1991 - 2011

Madam Justice Catherine Anne Ryan

  • 1994 - 2013

Mr. Justice John E.D. Savage

  • 2014 - 2019

Mr. Justice Kenneth J. Smith

  • 2001 - 2012

Madam Justice M.F. Southin

  • 1988 - 2006

Mr. Justice Allan D. Thackray

  • 1990 - 2007

Mr. Justice Bryan Williams

  • 1995 - 1996

Mr. Justice Josiah Wood

  • 1989 - 1996
Former Registrar of the Court of Appeal

Registrar Jennifer L. Jordan

  • 1982 - 2014