James Cornelius Knatchbull-Hugessen (born July 26, 1933), known professionally as James K. Hugessen, is a judge currently serving on the Federal Court of Canada. He is the son of the senator

Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen Adrian Norton Knatchbull-Hugessen, (5 July 1891 – 30 March 1976) was a Canadian lawyer and senator. Knatchbull-Hugessen was born in Ashford, Kent, England on 5 July 1891, the son of Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabour ...

. Born in Montreal in 1933, James K. Hugessen was educated at

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and

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. After graduating with a B.C.L. from McGill in 1957, he was called to the bar in 1958 and entered private practice. From 1962 to 1974, he was an adjunct professor in McGill's Faculty of Law. In 1972, he was appointed as a justice of the

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. In 1983 he became a judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Appeal Division and retired in 2008. After his retirement, he was appointed as a deputy judge of the Federal Court. His other appointments have included the Administrative Tribunal of the

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and the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories. A visually-disabled person, he served as the chair of the federal Task Force on Access to Information for Print-Disabled Canadians. In 2009, as a result of his outstanding judicial career and long term service to McGill's Faculty of Law, he was given the F.R. Scott Award for Distinguished Service. In 2014, he was named a Member of the

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. His archive is held at the McGill University Archives.

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1933 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Canadian Anglicans Judges of the Federal Court of Canada McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Members of the Order of Canada Lawyers from Montreal

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