New Brunswick has added two judges to its provincial court and announced plans for the province’s first virtual bail hearings.
Justice Minister Robert McKee said that Rose Campbell of Fredericton will sit in Woodstock, while Marc Philippe Savoie of Dieppe will serve in Moncton.
“Making sure people have fair, reliable access to justice is one of the most important things a government can do,” McKee said in a government release.
“Becoming a judge is a real honour, but it also comes with big responsibilities. It takes not just legal skill, but good judgment, empathy and integrity.”
Campbell graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Laws and later earned a master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School.
She was called to the bar in 2010 and worked for the Office of the Attorney General for 15 years, most recently with the constitutional law unit.
Savoie holds bachelor’s degrees in business administration and law from the Université de Moncton.
He was called to the bar in 2006 and spent nearly a decade with New Brunswick’s Crown Prosecutors’ Office before joining the Public Prosecution Service of Canada in 2017.
The appointments bring the number of full‑time provincial court judges to 28, including the chief judge and associate chief judge.
The court also has two supernumerary judges and eight per diem judges.
The province also announced Judge Karen Lee will preside over the new virtual bail court and serve as a travelling judge.
All applications for appointment to the provincial court are reviewed by judicial appointment advisors representing the bench, the bar and the public, according to the Department of Justice.
The process also includes interviews with a committee composed of the chief justice of New Brunswick, the chief judge or associate chief judge of the provincial court, and one of the advisors representing the public.
