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Simon Noël (born November 17, 1947) is a retired
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judge. From 1979 to 1981, he acted as counsel on the
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, and co-chief prosecutor on the Commission reviewing the Somalia Affair. Noël retired from the Federal Court on August 31, 2022. On October 5, 2022 it was announced that the Governor General in Council had appointed Noël as the new
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for a five-year term, effective October 1, 2022.


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