Michael L. Phelan
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Michael Lawlor Phelan (born June 8, 1947 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a retired judge of the Federal Court of Canada.[1][2] Since retiring, he has been an arbitrator and mediator.[1]
Phelan was educated at Loyola College in Montreal (BA, 1968) and Dalhousie University Law School (LLB, 1971). He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1973.[1]
On November 19, 2003, he was appointed Judge of the Federal Court, and ex officio, member of the Federal Court of Appeal, and then Judge of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, April 27, 2004.[1]
Landmark cases Judge Phelan ruled on include the 2013 decision that Métis and Non-Status individuals are Indians under the Constitution;[3] and Canadian Copyright Agency (Access Copyright) v York University (2017).[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "The Honourable Michael L. Phelan". ADR Chambers. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
- ↑ "Conlin Bedard is very pleased to announce the addition of the Honourable Michael Phelan to the firm as Senior Counsel". Conlin BedardLLP. Ottawa. October 4, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
- ↑ Thomas, Bruce (January 12, 2013). "Aboriginal affairs getting lots of attention: both good and bad". Scope Newspaper. ProQuest 1270855763. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
- ↑ MacLaren, Eli (Summer 2017). "Copyright and Poetry in Twenty-First-Century Canada: Poets' Incomes and Fair Dealing". Canadian Literature (233): 10–27, 184. ProQuest 2021667882.
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