The Honourable John Hogan, KC, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General today announced the appointment of two new Provincial Court Judges.
Andrew Wadden, KC, is appointed to the Provincial Court in Grand Falls-Windsor and Lloyd Strickland, KC, is appointed to the Provincial Court in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Biographies of both appointees can be found in the backgrounder below.
After consultation between the Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador and Minister Hogan, both Judge Wadden and Judge Strickland will participate in training during their first year as judges, which will include sessions on appropriately dealing with sexual assault matters before the Courts.
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“On behalf of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, I would like to congratulate Judge Andrew Wadden and Judge Lloyd Strickland on their new roles. Both bring with them decades of experience working in the justice system. The Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador will benefit tremendously from their commitment and dedication to the practice of law.”
Honourable John Hogan, KC
Minister of Justice and Public Safety
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BACKGROUNDER
Biographies
Andrew Wadden
Judge Andrew Wadden is a graduate of Dalhousie Law School and was valedictorian of the class of 2002. He was also awarded the H.G. Puddester Prize for demonstrated academic and leadership ability.
He joined the firm of Patterson Palmer (now Cox & Palmer) and was called to the Bar in 2003. In 2014, he worked in private practice at Wadden Peddigrew Law. He was appointed King’s Counsel in 2020 and in 2022 he joined the office of Browne Fitzgerald Morgan & Avis. He practiced mainly civil litigation, representing clients in matters before tribunals, the Provincial Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador. He often acted for members of the Law Society in relation to insurance claims, and recently had been appointed as counsel to the Lawyers’ Insurance Programme. He has acted for registered nurses in relation to disciplinary proceedings and has been counsel to the Consumer Advocate.
In the community, Andrew spent 9 years with the Royal St. John’s Regatta Committee and rowed for many years. He has served on the Holy Heart of Mary Theatre Advisory Board, Clean St. John’s Board, and as a Big Brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters. In 2014 he was presented with the Rotary St. John’s Northwest Aidan Maloney Award for his work in the community and potential to further impact his vocation and community in the future.
In 2020, Andrew was Chair of the St. John’s Board of Trade. He has sat on both the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Education Committee, Disciplinary Committee and Insurance Committee. He served as President of the Newfoundland and Labrador branch of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) from 2021-2022 and was appointed to the national CBA Board in the fall of 2022. He has taught each of the Business Law courses at Memorial University’s Faculty of Business. In addition, he has been an Adjudicator with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Public Complaints Commission.
Andrew and his wife Amy are proud parents to their daughter, Amelia.
Lloyd Strickland
Lloyd Strickland most recently served as the Director of Public Prosecutions. Before his appointment to that position in 2020, he served the public for 20 years as a Crown Attorney in Happy Valley–Goose Bay, Clarenville and St. John’s. He was the Senior Crown Attorney for Labrador from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Strickland was appointed to Kings Counsel in January 2022.
Mr. Strickland was born and raised in Port aux Basques. He obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of New Brunswick and then attended Dalhousie Law School, where he graduated in 1996. He passed the bar in 1997.
From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Strickland was a Prosecutor at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which is based in Arusha, Tanzania. There, he participated in the successful prosecution of former government and military leaders for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Over the years, Mr. Strickland has prosecuted several homicides and other high-profile criminal cases. He has appeared numerous times before the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal and, on several occasions, at the Supreme Court of Canada. He is a member of the Heads of Prosecutions Committee on the Prevention of Wrongful Convictions and the National Wiretap Experts Committee.
Lloyd Strickland lives in St. John’s with his wife Wendy and their daughter Ellie.