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Join us for a fireside chat with Justice Grant Huscroft of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, hosted and moderated by Professor Preston Lim. This candid conversation will offer Faculty, staff and students a unique opportunity to hear directly from an appellate judge about the judicial role and methodologies of constitutional and statutory interpretation.
Rather than a traditional lecture, this will be an open and engaging conversation designed to explore the human and practical side of judging—how judges approach the cases before them, the challenges they face, and the responsibility that comes with making decisions that can have profound consequences.
Come with your questions and curiosity and take advantage of this rare opportunity to engage directly with a member of Ontario’s highest court.
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Grant Huscroft was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in December 2014, following a lengthy academic career.
He holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario (1980); an LL.B from Queen’s University (1984); and an LL.M from the University of Auckland (1987).
He was a member of the University of Auckland Faculty of Law from 1992-2001, a visiting professor at McGill University Faculty of Law in 1998, and Associate and later Full Professor at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law from 2002-2014, serving as Associate Dean from 2006-2008. He founded the Public Law and Legal Philosophy Research Group at Western with Professor (now Justice) Bradley Miller in 2008. He was a member of the NZ Judicial Control Authority for Racing from 1996-98 and the Ontario Health Professions Appeal Review Board from 2008-2014.
His research on public law and legal theory has been published internationally and includes eight collections of essays he co-edited. He has been an invited speaker on constitutional and administrative law at universities in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, England, Italy, and Mexico. He continues to guest lecture at universities and is a frequent contributor to continuing legal education programs.