The Development and Role of the Court Administrator in Canada

<p>By the turn of the millennium most courts in Canada had court administrators managing their operations and their staff. As a rule, the court administrators worked in a partnership with the chairmen of their courts, who typically delegated some of their official responsibilities. But the mer...

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Main Authors: Pamela Ryder-Lahey, Peter Solomon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association for Court Administration 2008-01-01
Series:International Journal for Court Administration
Online Access:https://www.iacajournal.org/articles/125
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spelling doaj-0c7c000856a242a3b798651e8032a2352020-11-25T03:18:56ZengInternational Association for Court Administration International Journal for Court Administration2156-79642008-01-0111313710.18352/ijca.125119The Development and Role of the Court Administrator in CanadaPamela Ryder-LaheyPeter Solomon<p>By the turn of the millennium most courts in Canada had court administrators managing their operations and their staff. As a rule, the court administrators worked in a partnership with the chairmen of their courts, who typically delegated some of their official responsibilities. But the mere presence of court administrators, not to speak of their broad range of functions, was still relatively new. Only in the 1970s did most courts acquire administrators, and it took at least another decade before they were fully accepted by judges and entered into a position of equality with some, if not many, chairs of courts.</p>https://www.iacajournal.org/articles/125
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description <p>By the turn of the millennium most courts in Canada had court administrators managing their operations and their staff. As a rule, the court administrators worked in a partnership with the chairmen of their courts, who typically delegated some of their official responsibilities. But the mere presence of court administrators, not to speak of their broad range of functions, was still relatively new. Only in the 1970s did most courts acquire administrators, and it took at least another decade before they were fully accepted by judges and entered into a position of equality with some, if not many, chairs of courts.</p>
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