Carolyn Layden-Stevenson Explained

Carolyn Layden-Stevenson (23 July 1947 - 27 June 2012) was a Canadian judge. She ruled on a number of cases and motions involving suspects accused of links to militant and terrorist organisations.^[1]

Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Layden studied at the New Brunswick Teachers' College, St. Thomas University and University of New Brunswick, and worked as a guidance counsellor and teacher until 1981. She was called to the Bar four years later, and made partner at Stevenson & Stevenson in Fredericton the following year. After seventeen years with the firm,^[2] she was appointed Judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division and ex officio member of the Court of Appeal.^[3] She was appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal on 12 December 2008.^[4]

Layden-Stevenson died on 27 June 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: High-profile justices from around the globe attend York workshop. YFile – York University's Journal of Record . 6 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090314155101/http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=10437 . 14 March 2009.
2. Web site: Obituary of The Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson York Funeral Home. 17 August 2020. yorkfh.com. en-US.
3. Web site: Federal Court (Canada) - About the Court - Biographies - the Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson . 18 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120515131955/http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca/portal/page/portal/fc_cf_en/Layden-Stevenson . 15 May 2012 . dead .
4. Web site: Federal Court of Appeal Judicial Appointment Announced . 23 January 2009. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090123024239/http://justice.gc.ca%3A80/eng/news%2Dnouv/ja%2Dnj/2008/doc_32317.html . dead.
5. Web site: The Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson: Obituary and death notice on InMemoriam.