Breese Davies

The Honourable Justice Breese Davies was appointed to the Superior Court of Justice in 2018. 

Prior to her appointment, Justice Davies practiced criminal, constitutional and administrative law at both the trial and appellate levels.  Justice Davies was involved in the Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in relation to Maher Arar, the Internal Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in relation to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin and the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario. She was counsel for the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies at the Coroner’s Inquest into the Death of Ashley Smith. Justice Davies also prosecuted for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for several years. 

Justice Davies received the Laura Legge Award from the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2017, which recognizes female lawyer who exemplify leadership in the profession. 

Justice Davies was a Vice President of the Criminal Lawyers Association for 5 years and did volunteer legal work in Nigeria with Avocats sans frontiers Canada. 

In 2017/2018, Justice Davies was the Constitutional Litigator in Residence at the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights. Before that, Justice Davies was an adjunct professor of Criminology at the University of Toronto for 10 years. She also taught evidence at Osgoode Hall Law School.   

Justice Davies received her B.A., M.A. (Criminology) and LL.B. degrees from the University of Toronto.