安大略最高法官Geoffrey Morawetz(Geoffrey Morawetz)在通过数字改革实现司法系统现代化并主持具有里程碑意义的烟草和解后, 于5月15日退休。 Ontario’s top judge, Geoffrey Morawetz, retires May 15 after modernizing the justice system with digital reforms and presiding over a landmark tobacco settlement.

安大略高等法院首席法官Geoffrey Morawetz在担任法官七年和21年后将于5月15日退休。 Geoffrey Morawetz, chief justice of Ontario’s Superior Court, will retire on May 15 after seven years in the role and 21 years as a judge. 他领导了该省司法系统现代化的努力,推动从纸质程序向数字程序的转变,包括启动一个多伦多民事和家庭法院案件在线门户,并计划在2030年之前扩大到刑事事项和全省。 He led efforts to modernize the province’s justice system, advancing a shift from paper-based to digital processes, including launching a Toronto-based online portal for civil and family court cases, with plans to expand to criminal matters and the entire province by 2030. 他还监督了2024年对民事法院规则的审查,以提高效率,并主持了一个具有里程碑意义的烟草破产案件325亿美元的和解。 He also oversaw a 2024 review of civil court rules to boost efficiency and presided over a landmark $32.5 billion settlement in a tobacco insolvency case. 他的任期有助于将安大略省定位为司法数字化方面的领先者。 His tenure helped position Ontario as a leader in judicial digitization.