Merlin Nunn Explained

Daniel Merlin Nunn (1930 – May 21, 2020) was a Canadian judge and government official. He was chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia from 1982 to 2005 and Nova Scotia's conflict of interest commissioner.[1] [2] [3]

Nunn was born in 1930 and graduated from St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University.[4] He earned a graduate degree in law from Harvard University.

He was the commissioner of the Nunn Commission on the youth criminal justice system in Nova Scotia.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Merlin Nunn, former N.S. Supreme Court chief justice, dies at 89 . May 22, 2020 . en . May 22, 2020 . live . https://archive.today/20200522232537/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/former-conflict-of-interest-commissioner-merlin-nunn-died-1.5580100 . May 22, 2020 .
  2. Web site: 'Formidable' 21-year Nova Scotia Conflict of Interest Commissioner Merlin Nunn 'has gently passed away' . The Chronicle Herald . May 22, 2020.
  3. News: From Whitney Pier to Harvard: former Supreme Court justice dies . Cape Breton Post . May 22, 2020.
  4. Web site: The Canadian Law List. 1981.
  5. Web site: McEvoy inquiry to release findings . December 5, 2006 . CBC News.
  6. Book: Spiralling out of control: lessons learned from a boy in trouble: report of the Nunn Commission of Inquiry . The Honourable D. Merlin Nunn, Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Commissioner . December 2006 . Unknown Publisher . 1-55457-085-9.

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