Hon. Justice Elizabeth Bennett *

Court of Appeal of BC

Vancouver, Canada


The Honourable Justice Elizabeth Bennett is a judge of the Court of Appeal of
British Columbia since 2009. She had served on the Supreme Court of British
Columbia from 1997 to 2009. She was appointed to the Court Martial Appeal Court
of Canada in 1999. She had earlier served as Deputy Director for the Ministry
of the Attorney General of B.C. from 1996 to 1997 after practising criminal law
with the law firm Peck Tammen Bennett for several years. She had served with
the Ministry of the Attorney General for British Columbia from 1982 to 1987
as Trial Counsel and as Appellate Counsel from 1987 to 1994. She holds a B.A.,
Criminology, from Simon Fraser University and an LL. B. from the University of
British Columbia. She was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1994.