Nicholas Devlin

Article summary

Nicholas Devlin (born September 30, 1971) is a Canadian jurist and former federal prosecutor. He is currently a Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta. Devlin served as law clerk for Justice Jack Major of the Supreme Court of Canada and then worked in various roles as a federal prosecutor with Public Prosecution Service of Canada. He was elevated to a federally appointed judge in 2019.

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1. date of birth: 1971-09-30 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1971-09-30 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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