Peter Cory, former Canadian Supreme Court justice and distinguished international jurist, will speak at Western Law as part of the Faculty’s Distinguished Speaker Series.
Cory will be speaking on the topic “The Irish Peace Process” today (Sept. 30) at 12:30 in the Moot Court Room in the Faculty of Law.
In 2002, Cory was appointed commissioner by the governments of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to investigate six controversial murder cases involving alleged collusion by security forces in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republican Army. Following intense interest from parties involved in the peace process, Cory last October reported his findings to the Irish and United Kingdom governments, urging judicial inquiries into several of the cases.
Peter Cory was a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1989 to 1999. He is past chairman of the Ontario Civil Liberties Section of the Canadian Bar Association, past president of the County of York Law Association, past National Director of the Canadian Bar Association, and past president of the Advocates’ Society. He has authored numerous landmark judgments helping to define the evolution of Canadian law and jurisprudence.
Many of the most significant cases he participated in while serving on the Supreme Court involved interpretation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and have encompassed criminal, family, constitutional, commercial, labour, administrative and common law.