The Courts note with great sadness the death of the Honourable Robert Laing, former Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench. Laing was appointed to the Court in 1994.
He was tasked to lead the North Battleford Water Inquiry in 2001, and was later named Chief Justice in 2006. He served in that capacity until he elected supernumerary status at the end of 2011. He received the Order of Merit for Saskatchewan in 2017. Laing died Saturday, October 10.