Review board chairwoman named to bench
Campbellton lawyer Lyne Raymond appointed as provincial court judge for Fredericton
A Campbellton lawyer who’s overseen the review board that deals with mentally ill defendants and offenders has been named to the provincial court bench, and will preside in Fredericton.
Lyne Raymond has been appointed as a provincial court judge and will preside over cases in Fredericton, Justice Minister Hugh Flemming said in a news release issued late Wednesday morning.
He noted she’s been practising law in New Brunswick for almost three decades. She’s been based in Campbellton.
Raymond is probably best known as the chairwoman of the New Brunswick review board, a position she’s held since 2019. Before that, she was a member of the review board and served as its associate chair as well.
The review board is a provincial body mandated under the Criminal Code of Canada to oversee dispositions in cases of offenders who have been deemed to be exempt from criminal responsibility due to mental disorders at the time of their offences.
The newly appointed judge has presided over hearings in recent years on the case of Matthew Vincent Raymond (no relation), the Fredericton man who shot and killed two police officers and two civilians on the city’s north side the morning of Aug. 10, 2018.
The provincial government news release said Lyne Raymond graduated from the Université de Montréal with law degrees in 1992 and 1994, and was called to the bar in 1995.
She had practised with the firm Humphrey Raymond in Campbellton until the judicial appointment, and is a member of the insurance management committee of the Law Society of New Brunswick.
“Raymond’s appointment brings the number of full-time provincial court judges to 25, including the chief judge and the associate chief judge,” the release said.
“There are also four supernumerary judges and five per diem judges.”
The government news release was silent on whether Raymond’s appointment means another sitting judge in Fredericton will be moved to another jurisdiction, or if one might be retiring or shifting to supernumerary status.
Lawyers who apply to become provincial court judges see their applications assessed by judicial appointment review advisers who represent the judiciary, the legal profession and the general public, the province said.
“The appointment process also includes interviews by a committee composed of the chief justice of New Brunswick, the chief judge and the associate chief judge of the provincial court, one of the provincial judicial appointment review advisers representing the general public and a senior member of the bar,” the release said.
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