The Department of Justice has announced that Justice Gauthier, currently of the Federal Court has been appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal, effectively immediately.

Justice Gauthier has been a judge of the Federal Court since 2002 and has heard a number of significant intellectual property proceedings. Her appointment to the Federal Court of Appeal is to replace Justice Nadon who has elected to become a supernumerary judge.

Judicial appointments were also made today to the courts in Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta and the Northwest Territories.