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NOVA SCOTIA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED OTTAWA, December 15, 2006 - The Honourable Vic Toews, Q.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment: The Honourable Nicoll M. Scaravelli, Q.C., C Arb., a senior partner in the firm of MacIntosh MacDonnell & MacDonald in New Glasgow is appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. He replaces Mr. Justice W.R.E. Goodfellow ( Halifax) who elected to become a supernumerary judge. Mr. Justice Nick Scaravelli received a Bachelor of Laws in 1973 from Dalhousie University and a Bachelor of Commerce in 1970 from St. Mary's University and was admitted to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1974. He practised with Fitzgerald and Associates in Halifax (1974-1977) before moving to MacIntosh MacDonnell & MacDonald (1977-2006). Mr. Justice Scaravelli's practice expertise is in the areas of family law, real estate law, arbitration, corporate and commercial law, and criminal law. He has been a member of the Executive of the Nova Scotia Branch of the CBA - Labour Section, the Executive of Pictou County Day Care Centre and a Member of the Advisory Board of the Canadian Scholarship Trust Foundation. This appointment is effective immediately. - 30 - Ref.: Mike Storeshaw |
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