Nicholas Kasirer

Nicholas Kasirer (born February 20, 1960) is a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, who was sworn into office on September 16, 2019.[1][2]

The Honourable

Nicholas Kasirer
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
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
Born (1960-02-02) February 2, 1960
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (B.A)
McGill University (B.C.L., LL.B.)
University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, (DEA)
Université de Sherbrooke (LL.D.)

Kasirer was previously a justice with the Quebec Court of Appeal between the years of 2009 to 2019.[3] He is a graduate of the McGill University Faculty of Law, where he served as an editor for the McGill Law Journal,[4] and where he later served as a Professor from 1989 to 2009 and Dean of the Faculty from 2003 to 2009.[3] 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. On 10 July 2019 he 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.[5]

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

Honorary degrees and other awards

On September 22, 2012, the Université de Sherbrooke granted an honorary doctoral degree to the Hon. Nicholas Kasirer[6].

Honorary degrees
Location Date School Degree
 Quebec 22 September 2012 Université de Sherbrooke Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [7][8]
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See also

References
  1. Canada, Supreme Court of (2001-01-01). "Supreme Court of Canada - Biography - Nicholas Kasirer". www.scc-csc.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  2. CSC News Release
  3. "CURRENT JUDGES OF THE COURT: The Honourable Nicholas Kasirer". Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  4. "Masthead, Volume 30". McGill Law Journal. 1984.
  5. "Prime Minister announces appointment of the Honourable Nicholas Kasirer to the Supreme Court of Canada".
  6. "Nicholas Kasirer receives honorary doctorate from Université de Sherbrooke". Faculty of Law. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  7. "Nicholas Kasirer - Docteur d'honneur en droit".
  8. "Nicholas Kasirer receives honorary doctorate from Université de Sherbrooke". Faculty of Law. Retrieved 2020-06-02.


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