27 Facts About Beverley McLachlin

Beverley McLachlin is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the position.

Roderick Beverley McLachlin died of cancer in 1988, a few days after she was appointed chief justice of the BC Supreme Court.

In 1992, Beverley McLachlin married Frank McArdle, a lawyer and the executive director of the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association.

In December 1985, Beverley McLachlin was appointed to the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

In September 1988, Beverley McLachlin was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Beverley McLachlin was nominated by Brian Mulroney to be made a puisne justice to the Supreme Court of Canada on March 30,1989, and an ex-officio member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

When Governor General Adrienne Clarkson was hospitalized for a cardiac pacemaker operation on July 8,2005, Beverley McLachlin performed the duties of the governor general as the administrator of Canada.

Beverley McLachlin is on the board of governors of the National Judicial Institute and on the advisory council of the Order of Canada.

In July 2013, during the consultation period prior to appointment for Marc Nadon, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin contacted justice minister Peter MacKay and the Prime Minister's Office regarding the eligibility of Marc Nadon for a Quebec seat on the Supreme Court.

The International Commission of Jurists concluded that Beverly Beverley McLachlin deserved an apology from Harper, but none had been given as of July 2014.

In May 2015, Beverley McLachlin was invited to speak at the Global Centre for Pluralism, and said that Canada attempted to commit "cultural genocide" against aboriginal peoples in what she called the worst stain on Canada's human-rights record.

University of Regina academic Ken Coates supported Beverley McLachlin, and said that she was "only stating what is clearly in the minds of judges, lawyers and aboriginal people across the country".

Columnist Lysiane Gagnon called the comments "unacceptable" and "highly inflammatory" and suggested that Beverley McLachlin had opened herself up to accusations of prejudice.

Beverley McLachlin retired from the Supreme Court on December 15,2017, nine months before reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.

Beverley McLachlin was nominated in March 2018 to become a non-permanent member of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong.

The court appoints foreign judges from common-law jurisdictions outside of Hong Kong, of which Beverley McLachlin is the first Canadian, to sit as non-permanent members of the court.

Beverley McLachlin's appointment was accompanied by those of Brenda Hale, as non-permanent judge, and Andrew Cheung, as permanent judge, at the court.

Beverley McLachlin was reappointed to the court in 2021 for a second three-year term.

Beverley McLachlin has stated her intention to retire once her term in Hong Kong expires in July 2024.

In 2024 Beverley McLachlin retired as a non-permanent member on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.

Beverley McLachlin serves as an international judge on the Singapore International Commercial Court.

In 2018, Beverley McLachlin published a legal thriller novel titled Full Disclosure.

Beverley McLachlin has defined the judicial function as one that requires conscious objectivity, which she has described as follows:.

Beverley McLachlin was made a commander of the Legion of Honour by the government of France in 2008.

Beverley McLachlin was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2018, having demonstrated the highest degree of merit to Canada and humanity.

Beverley McLachlin has been awarded with over 31 honorary degrees from various universities, which include:.

Beverley McLachlin is the honorary patron of the Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law.