1974 Elizabeth Patterson, Law’74 (Arts’71), of Toronto died at 67 on Oct. 20, 2016, while travelling in Asia. Her career included serving as Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance and Assistant Deputy General for Ontario’s Family Justice Services Division.
1979 T.G. ‘Ted’ Giesbrecht, Law’79, specializing for 30+ years in residential real estate, estate planning, adoption and elder law as founding partner of Giesbrecht Griffin Funk & Irvine in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., received the Waterloo Law Association’s 2016 Coulter A. Osborne Award for outstanding contributions to law and public life. Ted has also won Ontario’s Adoption Award and Outstanding Volunteer Award and contributed the adoptions chapter to the 2004 textbook Canadian Child Welfare Law. He has been legal advisor to the region’s Elder Abuse Team (25+ years) and continues dealing with social justice and affordable housing issues. In 2009, he travelled to Ethiopia on two missions: stabilizing a children’s transition home and completing adoption papers for 47 stranded children. He is now fully into a sub-specialty: emergency international adoption crises. Watch for a profile in the next QLR Online. r
Governor General Johnston, Queen’s Law grad, welcomes the young Royals to Canada Their Excellencies David Johnston, Law’66, LLD’91, and his wife, Sharon Johnston, greeted members of the Royal Family as they stepped off the plane in Victoria, B.C., to start their Canadian tour on Sept. 24, 2016. For their second visit together during the Johnstons’ tenure, Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, brought their children – Prince George (3) and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (16 months) – for their first visit to Canada. During the eight-day tour, Their Excellencies also joined their royal guests on three occasions: in Bella Bella, B.C., to announce environmental protection for the Great Bear Rainforest; in Whitehorse, Yukon, for two days showcasing arts, history, and culture; and again in Victoria to bid farewell on Oct. 1.
Triple honours for criminal bar giant While he may have been winding down last summer following his successful defence of Senator Mike Duffy in the two-year high-profile case, the accolades have continued to pour in for Donald Bayne, Law’69 (Arts’66, emba’01). During the Opening of the Courts for Ontario ceremony in Toronto on Sept.13, 2016, The Advocates’ Society presented him the 2016 Catzman Award for Professionalism & Civility. “It’s wonderful to be acknowledged by one’s peers for these qualities,” says Don, a partner at Bayne Sellar llp in Ottawa who has practised criminal law for 40-plus years. “Don has tremendous integrity and a deep concern with fairness,” says Alan Riddell of Soloway Wright in Ottawa. “His habitual civility and professionalism and his courage, generosity, strong work ethic and unflagging dedication to his clients, colleagues and to the legal profession itself serve as an important source of inspiration to both young lawyers and his other colleagues.” Canadian Lawyer named him one of 2016’s Top 25 Most Influential in the justice system and legal profession in Canada. “Donald Bayne was a fierce advocate and tactically brilliant lawyer on Duffy,” wrote voters. “There is no one else like him.” On June 9, Don will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at Law’s Spring Convocation. – KM AND LG THE ADVOCATES’ SOCIETY
David Mather, LLM’73, has published Parole in New Zealand, Law and Practice (Thomson Reuters). At Queens, he studied criminology under Professor Ronald Price, writing his thesis on prison disciplinary decisionmaking. David has been a District Court Judge in New Zealand for the last 20 years and a member of the New Zealand Parole Board since 2012. Read more about the book at https://goo.gl/fvQRY6.
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John Hill, Law’73, LLM, who retired from his prison law practice in December 2015, continues to serve on his Legal Aid Area Committee. He also volunteers with the news and public affairs department of community radio station Northumberland 89.7 FM, where he was reelected chair for a second term on Jan. 14. John lives in Cobourg, Ont., with his wife Roxann, and their English Cocker Spaniel, Hedy, and can be contacted at johnlornehill@hotmail.com.
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