Roger Thomas Hughes (September 16, 1941 – March 7, 2024) was a judge of the Federal Court of Canada.

Biography

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Hughes obtained a bachelor of science from

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in 1963 and a law degree from the

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in 1966. In 1968, he was called to the Ontario bar and, in 1976, to the Alberta bar. In 1984, he was appointed

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. Hughes was named to the Federal Court of Canada in 2005 and sat until 2016. He also served as president of the Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada and director of the Advocates' Society. In 2016, he joined

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in Toronto as an arbitrator and mediator. Hughes died on March 7, 2024, at the age of 82.

References

1941 births 2024 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Canadian King's Counsel Judges of the Federal Court of Canada Lawyers from Montreal {{Canada-law-bio-stub