James Cornelius Knatchbull-Hugessen CM (July 26, 1933 – April 21, 2024), known professionally as James K. Hugessen, was a judge serving on the Federal Court of Canada.[1] He was the son of the senator Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen.
James K. Hugessen | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Judge of the Federal Court of Canada | |
| Assumed office July 28, 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 26, 1933 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | April 21, 2024 (aged 90) Almonte, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | |
Born in Montreal in 1933, Hugessen was educated at the University of Oxford and McGill University. After graduating with a BCL from McGill in 1957, he was called to the bar in 1958 and entered private practice.
From 1962 to 1974, Hugessen was an adjunct professor in McGill's Faculty of Law. In 1972, he was appointed a justice of the Quebec Superior Court. In 1983 he became a judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Appeal Division and retired in 2008. After his retirement, he was appointed a deputy judge of the Federal Court.
Hugessen's other appointments have included the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization and the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories. A visually-disabled person, he served as the chair of the federal Task Force on Access to Information for Print-Disabled Canadians.
In 2009, as a result of his outstanding judicial career and long term service to McGill's Faculty of Law, Hugessen was given the F.R. Scott Award for Distinguished Service.[2]
In 2014, Hugessen was named a Member of the Order of Canada.[3]
Hugessen's archive is held at the McGill University Archives.[4]
Hugessen died on April 21, 2024, in Almonte, Ontario, at the age of 90.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Former Judges and Prothonotaries". Federal Court of Canada. December 31, 2012. Archived from the original on June 12, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
- ^ "Federal Court Judge honoured for service to Law faculty". Faculty of Law. McGill University. November 4, 2009. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
- ^ "Order of Canada Appointments". June 30, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ^ "James K. Hugessen Fonds". McGill Library Archival Catalogue. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
- ^ "James Knatchbull-Hugessen". The Globe and Mail. April 24, 2024. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024 – via Legacy.com.
 .svg){kind=small}  | This Canadian biographical article relating to law is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |