About James
James Lockyer, C.M., is a partner at Lockyer Zaduk Zeeh who has practised criminal law for 45 years, covering both trial defence and appeals. He earned his LL.B. at the University of Nottingham in 1971, was called to the bar in England in 1974, and taught law at McGill and Windsor before being called to the Ontario bar in 1977. Since 1992, much of his work has focused on unravelling wrongful convictions, including the cases of Guy Paul Morin, David Milgaard, Steven Truscott, and William Mullins-Johnson. He is a founding director of Innocence Canada and has received the G. Arthur Martin Criminal Justice Medal, the John Howard Society's Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award, and several honorary doctorates. In December 2018 he was made a member of the Order of Canada.
Education & credentials
- Law school
- University of Nottingham
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