Lorne Sossin is a justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
Before his appointment to the Court of Appeal, Sossin was a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and a law professor.
Sossin has an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School and graduate degrees in political science and law, respectively, from the University of Toronto and Columbia University.
[2] While a judge of the Superior Court, Sossin held that a lawsuit alleging that various Canadian retailers including Canadian Tire had violated animal cruelty legislation could not go forward for lack of standing.
[3] Sossin ruled against the city of Toronto in a lawsuit alleging that the city failed to implement appropriate social distancing in shelters for city residents experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario.