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DIVISION > History of the
Court - Grand Falls - Windsor
The first permanent superior Courthouse in Grand Falls was
located on High Street in what is now Grand Falls-Windsor,
Newfoundland. This Court, which housed the District Court
covered the Green Bay/White Bay area and the Labrador portion of
the province. This Courthouse was in operation up to the mid
1970's. Commencing in the mid 1970’s, both the Provincial Court
and the District Court began operating out of the Provincial
Building located on Cromer Avenue, Grand Falls, Newfoundland.
The District Court circuited to Labrador until 1984 when such
circuits became unnecessary with the establishment of the
District Court in Happy Valley/Goose Bay in that year.
In September, 1986, the District Court was abolished and merged
into Supreme Court. The Supreme Court continued to operate from
the Provincial Building until the construction of the current
Courthouse was completed in 1989.
In December, 1989, the Provincial and the Supreme Courts moved
into this new Courthouse which is situate at 3 Cromer Avenue in
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland. The new Courthouse was
officially opened on October 22, 1990.
The resident Judge who served at Grand Falls-Windsor was The
Late Honourable Steadman Inder. Mr. Justice Abraham Schwartz is
the present resident Judge.
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