NEW BRUNSWICK JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED

Ottawa, June 27, 2006 – The Honourable Vic Toews, Q.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment:

The Honourable Brian Richard Bell, partner with the firm McInnes Cooper of Fredericton, is appointed a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick. He replaces Mr. Justice R. Savoie ( Moncton) who elected to become a supernumerary judge.

Mr. Justice Bell obtained his Bachelor of Laws in 1979 and a Master of Laws in 1998 from Dalhousie University. He was called to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1979. In December 2004, Mr. Bell was appointed Queen's Counsel. He is the past President of the Canadian Bar Association, New Brunswick branch (2003-2004) and a frequent lecturer and former adjunct professor of Business Law, Atlantic Baptist University in Moncton. Mr. Bell is a graduate of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy, a former RCMP constable and author of several legal publications, including Human Rights? Whose Rights? (Solicitors' Journal, 2003). Mr. Justice Bell's practice areas include general litigation, labour, employment, administrative and aboriginal law.

The appointment is effective immediately.

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Ref.:

Mike Storeshaw
Office of the Minister of Justice
(613) 992-4621