OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated Nicholas Kasirer, a Quebec judge and former professor with a passion for civil law, to the Supreme Court of Canada. Kasirer has served on the Quebec Court of Appeal for a decade. Kasirer’s outstanding legal and academic experience will be an asset to the country’s highest court, Trudeau said in a statement. In his application for the position, made public Wednesday, Kasirer stressed his specialty in Quebec civil law but described himself as a generalist as a judge. The institutional and practical constraints of deciding cases invite caution, if not humility, for the judge contemplating a change of the law, Kasirer wrote.

Source: National Post July 10, 2019 20:04 UTC