Lance Finch
Canadian judge
Lance Sydney George Finch, (June 16, 1938 – August 30, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and jurist. He was President of the Vancouver Bar Association and a bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia. He was appointed as a judge in 1983 and went on to serve as the Chief Justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal from 2001 until his retirement on June 16, 2013.
Early life
Finch was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1938. His family moved in 1951 to Victoria, British Columbia, where he attended high school. He enrolled in Victoria College in 1955, went on to earn his undergraduate and law degree at the University of British Columbia, and was called to the bar in 1963. He was a member of the University's rowing team. He articled at Guild, Yule & Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, and became partner in 1968. He was president of the Vancouver Bar Association (1976) and served an appointment as a bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia (from 1981 to 1983). He taught at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law and the Continuing Legal Education Program.
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