James Lockyer (activist)

James Lockyer

Gregory Parsons

. Several of these cases have become the subject of public inquiries.

Born in

Orpington, England, he studied law at University of Nottingham but did not complete his studies there. In 1972 he accepted a scholarship to McGill University in Montreal where he finished his law degree and began teaching.^[2] Mr. Lockyer also taught law at the University of Windsor until 1977, when he went into private practice as a criminal lawyer. Lockyer is a former law partner with Edward H. Royle

.

Mr. Lockyer has worked on behalf of

Lynne Harper came under review by the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and of Robert Baltovich, whose murder conviction was quashed by the Ontario Court of Appeal in November, 2004. On August 28, 2007, the Ontario Court of Appeal acquitted Steven Truscott, concluding, "based on evidence that qualifies as fresh evidence in these proceedings, we are satisfied that Mr. Truscott's conviction was a miscarriage of justice and must be quashed". On April 22, 2008, Robert Baltovich was also acquitted in his retrial, after the Crown declined to present any evidence against him.^[3]^[4]

Lockyer has twice been a candidate for the

St. Paul's, first in the 1979 federal election and then in the 1980 federal election

. He placed third on both attempts.

He is an "OSE" (Old St. Edwardian), or alumnus, of

St. Edward's School, Oxford, an English Public school

.