Nova Scotia Supreme Court

Jonathan Belcher was appointed the first Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.

The court's jurisdiction extended to the entire colony, which, after the Treaty of Paris ended the war with France in 1763, includes present day Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and eastern Maine.

Since 1999, the Supreme Court also administers the Nova Scotia Family Division Court, with eight judges, that has jurisdiction over divorces and other family law cases in the Halifax and industrial Cape Breton.

As Supreme Court Justices, they have authority over both divorce as well as all other family law matters, unlike their provincial court counterparts who do not have the federal authority to adjudicate divorces.

Beveridge, MacPherson & Duncan (1986 to 2007) NS Legal Aid (1980 to 1986) Stewart, McKelvey, Stirling, Scales LLP (1991 to 2002) NS Public Prosecution Service (1996 to 2009) Cox Downie (1992 to 1998) Sampson McDougall (2002 to 2011) Cox Hanson (1983 to 2005) Landry McGillivray (1982 to 2010) Cox & Palmer, Halifax (2000–2019) Fitzgerald and Assoc.

Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1st Chief Justice Jonathan Belcher by John Singleton Copley (1754), Court Room 4, Nova Scotia Supreme Court
Site of First Court House Plaque, Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society , Scotia Square , Halifax, Nova Scotia
Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange By Benjamin West , Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Court Room 5, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada [ 2 ]