NOVA SCOTIA'S
NEWEST JUDGES

Anne Derrick and Jamie Campbell
affirmed/sworn-in to Provincial and Family Courts

Swearing-in ceremony Friday, September 16
at the Provincial Court on Spring Garden Road in Halifax

Jamie Campbell graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1982 and was called to the bar the following year. Most recently, he was a partner in the Halifax office of Cox Hanson O'Reilly Matheson. He specialized in employment and labour relations, municipal and planning law and legislative practices.

 

Anne Derrick graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1980 and was called to the bar the following year. As a partner in the firm of Beaton Derrick, her legal practice included public interest and equality litigation, criminal law and social justice advocacy.

 

Provincial court judges are required to have at least five years experience as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and must meet other criteria set by the Advisory Committee on Provincial Judicial Appointments. Committee members include two members of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society, the Chief Judges of the Provincial and Family Courts and four laypersons appointed by the Minister of Justice.

 

The Provincial Court has exclusive jurisdiction over all summary offences under provincial statutes and federal acts and regulations. It sits throughout Nova Scotia.

The Family Court provides a forum for hearing issues relating to the family including maintenance, custody/access, family violence between spouses or between parent and child, and child protection matters. It sits in areas of the Province outside the Regional Municipalities of Halifax and Cape Breton.