Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin to retire May 30

Justice Sheilah Martin will retire from the Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30, and she was appointed to the court in 2017.

Justice Sheilah Martin will retire from the Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30. She issued a statement saying she was deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve and called the role an honour and a highlight of her professional life. Martin was born and raised in Montreal and trained in both civil and common law before moving to Alberta to work as an educator, lawyer and judge. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2017 after serving on the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta and later on the Courts of Appeal for Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Key details: - Retirement effective May 30, one day before her 70th birthday. - Named to the Supreme Court of Canada in 2017. - Served on the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta until June 2016, then on the Courts of Appeal for Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. - Chief Justice Richard Wagner praised her legal scholarship, commitment to fairness and principled approach to justice. - She will be eligible to participate in judgments on cases she heard for up to six months after her final day on the court. Summary: Her retirement creates a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada. Undetermined at this time.