Samuel Sereth Lieberman

Samuel Sereth Lieberman was a judge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Lieberman was the first Jewish judge in the province of Alberta.[1] He was inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2006.[1]

Samuel Sereth Lieberman
Supreme Court of Alberta
Personal details
BornApril 14, 1922
DiedSeptember 19, 2012
EducationBachelor of Arts (1947)
Bachelor of Laws (1948)
Alma materUniversity of Alberta

History

Samuel Sereth Lieberman was born in Edmonton in 1922. He flew as a coastal command pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.[2]

Samuel Sereth Lieberman graduated from the University of Alberta Faculty of Law in 1948.[3] In 1961, Lieberman was named to the Queen's Counsel.[4] Lieberman was first appointed as a judge in 1970 and in 1976, Lieberman became a judge in the Alberta Court of Appeal.[5][6] Lieberman served as a Deputy Judge of the Supreme Court of Northwest Territories in 1983.[7]

Lieberman passed away 19 September 2012.[8]

Notable trials

Samuel Sereth Lieberman judged Tiesmaki v. Wilson in 1974 and Kuipers v Gordon Riley Transport in 1976, both of which have been judicially noticed in many subsequent Canadian cases.[9][10]

References
  1. "Hon. Samuel Sereth Lieberman | The Alberta Order of Excellence". www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  2. Mardon, Ernest G.; Mardon, Austin A. (2011). Alberta's Judicial Leadership: A Biographical Account. Golden Meteorite Press. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-1897472323.
  3. "Varsity Announces Lawyer Graduates". The Edmonton Journal. May 11, 1948. p. 9.
  4. "Queen's Counsel Named". The Edmonton Journal. December 30, 1961. p. 24.
  5. "Clement, Lieberman Appointed Judges". The Edmonton Journal. February 13, 1970. p. 1.
  6. "Judges' Ranks Contain Province's Top Legal Minds". The Edmonton Journal. September 10, 1983. p. G2.
  7. The Canada Gazette. 117. 1983. p. 280.
  8. "The Honourable Samuel Sereth Lieberman". The Edmonton Journal. September 22, 2012. p. D18.
  9. "Tiesmaki v. Wilson". Alberta Law Reports. Carswell. 1: 120. 1977.
  10. Neyers, JW (2016). "Divergence and Convergence in the Tort of Public Nuisance". In Robertson, Andrew; Tilbury, Michael (eds.). Divergences in Private Law. Oxford: Hart Publishing. pp. 89, footnote 176. ISBN 978-1782256601.
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