• Bertha Wernham Wilson CC FRSC (September 18, 1923 – April 28, 2007) was a Canadian jurist and the first female puisne justice of the Supreme Court of...
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  • Bertha for the World War I howitzer known as Big Bertha. Women named Bertha include: Saint Bertha of Kent (539 – c. 612), Queen of Kent Saint Bertha of...
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  • of Illinois Nicholas Wilson, Lord Wilson of Culworth (born 1945), justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Bertha Wilson (1923–2007), puisne...
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    it function in any sort of judicial manner under section 96. Justice Bertha Wilson wrote her own concurring opinion taking a significantly different approach...
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    recognition of battered woman syndrome. The judgment, written by Justice Bertha Wilson, is generally considered one of her most famous. The court held in favour...
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  • first large corporate law firm in Canada to admit a woman as a partner, Bertha Wilson, who went on to become the first female justice appointed to the Supreme...
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  • Priyantha Jayawardena, current Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, Bertha Wilson, the first female Pusine Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Cosmo...
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  • from Quebec and the second woman appointed to this position, after Bertha Wilson. Previously, she had been one of the first woman lawyers to handle divorce...
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  • Williams. The first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, Bertha Wilson, was a graduate from Dalhousie Law School. Other notable alumni from...
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    Charter, while three allowed the appeals under the Bill of Rights: Bertha Wilson – with Chief Justice Brian Dickson and Antonio Lamer – held that section...
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