The CMLA extends hearty congratulations to Richard F. Southcott, whose appointment as a justice of the Federal Court of Canada was announced on May 5, 2015. Rick, a longtime partner with Stewart McKelvey in Halifax, and most recently General Counsel for Irving Shipbuilding, is a former National Vice-President of the CMLA and was a director from 2003 to 2007. He was also active in the National Maritime Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. All members of the CMLA wish the Honourable Justice Southcott well in his new judicial functions.