In this special episode, alumna Janet Hoyt (LLB ‘84) interviews her father, William (Bill) Lloyd Hoyt, O.C., K.C., M.A., former Chief Justice of New Brunswick (1993 to 1998). The pair discuss Hoyt’s years as a student and the decision to study the law at Cambridge (05:20); his time as a UNB Law lecturer in the early 60s (13:50); practicing law at Limerick & Limerick and the dynamic and challenging legal landscape for a young lawyer in the 60s and 70s (20:27); his commitment to continuing legal education and roles with the Law Society, the CBA, and the Canadian Judicial Council (33:49); and the capstone of his career, his experience as one of three commonwealth judges to sit on the “Bloody Sunday” inquiry examining the events surrounding the shooting of 26 unarmed civilians by the British military in Derry, Northern Ireland (41:11).
