The Provincial Court of New Brunswick (french: Cour provinciale du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the
lower trial court of the province of
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
. It hears cases relating to
criminal law
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and other
statute
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s. The court system of New Brunswick also has a Mental Health Court located in
Saint John. The provincial bench has 22 judges, 9
supernumerary judges (as of February 2018), and 2 ''
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Judges of the Provincial Court of New Brunswick
Current Judges
Supernumerary
Previous Judges
* Judge Fred Ferguson
* Judge S.M. Hutchinson
* Judge P.L. Cumming
* Judge T. Denis Lordon
* Judge Murray F. Cain
Sources
External links
Provincial Court of New Brunswick website
List of Judges by Region (gnb.ca)
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New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...