He was called to the Ontario bar in 1967 and practiced private law at Wright & McTaggart and its successor firms until 1982, at which point he went to work as Associate Deputy Minister of Justice for the Government of Canada. In 1986, he went on to practice at McCarthy T*trault, until he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1998, replacing Justice John Sopinka. Just as with his predecessor, Binnie had never sat as a judge before his appointment to the Supreme Court.
He was called to the Ontario bar in 1967 and practiced private law at Wright & McTaggart and its successor firms until 1982, at which point he went to work as Associate Deputy Minister of Justice for the Government of Canada.
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Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
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call
called
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case
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compound
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Ontario
Ontario
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bar
bar
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case
in
in
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obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1967
1967
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CD
cc
and
and
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conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
practice
practiced
VERB
VBD
amod
Degree=Pos
private
private
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
law
law
NOUN
NN
case
at
at
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IN
nmod
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Wright
Wright
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cc
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&
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conj
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McTaggart
McTaggart
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cc
and
and
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its
its
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compound
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successor
successor
NOUN
NN
conj
Number=Plur
firm
firms
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case
until
until
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obl
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1982
1982
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case
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which
which
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point
point
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he
he
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go
went
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VBD
case
to
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IN
obl
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work
work
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case
as
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IN
compound
Number=Sing
associate
Associate
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NN
compound
Number=Sing
deputy
Deputy
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obl
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minister
Minister
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NN
case
of
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Justice
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case
for
for
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Government
Government
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Canada
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In 1986, he went on to practice at McCarthy T*trault, until he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1998, replacing Justice John Sopinka.
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1986
1986
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he
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went
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advmod
on
on
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RB
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
practice
practice
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VB
case
at
at
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IN
obl
Number=Sing
McCarthy
McCarthy
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flat
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T*trault
T*trault
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punct
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,
PUNCT
,
mark
until
until
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he
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be
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VBD
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
appoint
appointed
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VBN
case
to
to
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
amod
Degree=Pos
Supreme
Supreme
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NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Court
Court
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Canada
Canada
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1998
1998
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punct
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PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
replace
replacing
VERB
VBG
obj
Number=Sing
Justice
Justice
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John
John
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flat
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Sopinka
Sopinka
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Just as with his predecessor, Binnie had never sat as a judge before his appointment to the Supreme Court.
advmod
just
Just
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case
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case
with
with
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Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
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obl
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predecessor
predecessor
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punct
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Binnie
Binnie
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have
had
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advmod
never
never
ADV
RB
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
sit
sat
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VBN
case
as
as
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det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
judge
judge
NOUN
NN
case
before
before
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IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
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PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
appointment
appointment
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
Supreme
Supreme
ADJ
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Court
Court
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
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PUNCT
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