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The Hon. Vibert Lampkin 1990, 190 pages

Documenting the life and career of Vibert Lampkin (b. 1933), a Guyana-born lawyer who was appointed a Provincial Court Judge in 1982 in Newmarket, Ontario. Interview topics include: childhood; University of London; solicitor, 1959-1967; move to Canada, 1967; articling in Toronto; junior, 1969; Partner, 1974, Rosenfeld, Schwartz, Malcomson, Lampkin & Levine; appointment as Provincial Court Judge, 1982; Charter of Rights; R. v. Patrick McCann; Public Complaints Commission. Interview conducted by Christine J.N. Kates. File includes six audio cassette recordings from a series of three interviews and a transcript with index (191 p.).

Date Started: 12/02/1990

Date Completed: 13/02/1990

Status: Please contact Osgoode Society for more information

Interviewer: Christine J.N. Kates

Occupation: Judge, Judge

Number of pages: 190

Archive Details

Archive Link: https://aims.archives.gov.on.ca/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/DESCRIPTION_WEB/WEB_DESC_DET?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=sisn%2065164

Archive Code: C 81-1-0-87

Title: Interviews with Vibert Lampkin

Date: Feb. 1990

Description: Textual records, Sound recordings

Physical Description: 2 files of textual records (includes 6 audio cassettes (ca. 330 minutes))

Restrictions: None

Container Info: (Textual records located in container B436533; sound recordings located in container B436726)

Location: Interview conducted as part of the joint General and Regional Programme of 1990-1991.

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