Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories is the Northwest Territories’ highest appellate court. It hears criminal and civil appeals from the Supreme Court and Territorial Court. An appeal may be of an acquittal, a conviction and/or a sentence in criminal matters or a judgment or order, in the case of civil or family law appeals.

The decisions of the Court of Appeal are binding in all courts in the Northwest Territories. Appeals from decisions made at the Court of Appeal, where provided for by law, are addressed in the Supreme Court of Canada.

The Court of Appeal sits regularly in Yellowknife, but can sit anywhere in the Northwest Territories. An appeal panel is comprised of 3 judges. The Court of Appeal schedule can be found here.

Judges of the Court of Appeal are Judges who are appointed from among those appointed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the judges of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, and the judges of the Supreme Courts of the NWT and Yukon and the Nunavut Court of Justice.

Court of Appeal rules can be found here.

Court of Appeal Judges

Order of precedence of the Northwest Territories Court of Appeal (as of February 20,2025)

  • The Honourable Chief Justice KHULLAR (Edmonton, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice WATSON * (Edmonton, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice SLATTER (Edmonton, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice COOPER (Iqaluit, NU)
  • The Honourable Justice SHANER (Edmonton, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice SMALLWOOD (Yellowknife, NT)
  • The Honourable Justice BYCHOK (Iqaluit, NU)
  • The Honourable Justice CRIGHTON **(Edmonton, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice STREKAF **(Calgary, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice CAMPBELL (Whitehorse, YT)
  • The Honourable Justice CHARLESWORTH (Iqaluit, NU)
  • The Honourable Justice LYONS (Iqaluit, NU)
  • The Honourable Justice PENTELECHUK (Edmonton, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice DUNCAN (Whitehorse, YT)
  • The Honourable Justice ANTONIO (Calgary, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice FEEHAN (Edmonton, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice WENCKEBACH (Whitehorse, YT)
  • The Honourable Justice HO (Calgary, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice KIRKER (Calgary, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice de WIT (Calgary, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice FAGNAN (Edmonton, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice GROSSE (Calgary, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice MacPHERSON (Yellowknife, NT)
  • The Honourable Justice MANOCCHIO (Iqaluit, NU)
  • The Honourable Justice WOOLLEY (Calgary, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice FETH (Edmonton, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice ALIBHAI (Iqaluit, NU)
  • The Honourable Justice FRIESEN (Edmonton, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice HAWKES (Calgary, AB)
  • The Honourable Justice PICHÉ (Yellowknife, NT)
  • The Honourable Justice TAYLOR(Yellowknife, NT)
  • The Honourable Justice MOSSEY, (Iqaluit, NU)

Related Pages

Scheduled matters
The list of matters set before the Courts of the Northwest Territories by location and date.