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The HonourableGlenn Joyal
Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 4, 2011
Personal details
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materSimon Fraser University (BA)
University of Manitoba (MA)
McGill University (LLB)

Glenn D. Joyal is a Canadian judge, who has been the Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba since his appointment on February 4, 2011. He replaced Marc M. Monnin, upon his elevation to the Court of Appeal of Manitoba.

Early life

Joyal graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1983 and also received a Master of Arts (with distinction) from the University of Manitoba in 1992. He completed his Bachelor of Laws in 1986 at McGill University and then pursued Graduate Studies in Public Law and Political Theory at Oxford University from 1995–1996.

Career

He was admitted to the Bar of Manitoba in 1987 and practised as a Provincial Crown Attorney in Manitoba (1986–1990), with Justice Canada (1990–1997) and then with the firm of Wolch Pinx Tapper Scurfield in Winnipeg (1997–1998).

Joyal was appointed a judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba in 1998, where he developed his expertise in criminal and constitutional law. On March 2, 2007, he was appointed to the Manitoba Court of Appeal, replacing Charles Huband. He became a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba on July 10, 2007, replacing A. L. Clearwater, who elected to become a supernumerary judge. He was appointed Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba in January 2009.

Joyal works in both English and French and has served as a Member of several Provincial Court Committees. He has been Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for St. Mary's Academy, a Member of the Board of Directors for Le Cercle Molière and a Member of l'Association des juristes d'expression française du Manitoba.

Personal life

Alongside his native English and French, Joyal is also fluent in Italian, which he studied at the Scuola Dante Alighieri in Florence and the Instituto Michelangelo in Venice.

References

  1. "Chief Justice Glenn Joyal, Manitoba Court of King's Bench". The Isaac Pitblado Lectures. Retrieved August 25, 2024.

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