RNSHS Public Lecture – Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 — 7:30 p.m., Nova Scotia Archives
“Malagash Man”: Chief Justice Lorne Clarke and Canadian Judicial Biography
Barry Cahill
Abstract:
The late Honourable Lorne O. Clarke QC was Chief Justice of Nova Scotia from 1985 to 1998 and is generally credited with rehabilitating the judiciary after the disastrous consequences of the prosecution and wrongful conviction of Donald Marshall Jr. This paper provides a preliminary assessment of the significance of Clarke’s career in the context of Canadian legal history.