Richard Mosley

{{Short description|Canadian judge}}

{{For|Richard Mosley (MP)|Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)}}

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| office = Judge of the Federal Court of Canada

| termstart = November 4, 2003

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|05|9}}

| birth_place = Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

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| spouse = Lorraine (née Touchette)

| alma_mater = University of Ottawa

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Richard Mosley (born May 9, 1949) is a Canadian Federal Court trial judge, who has a background in National security interests, and has taken a role in hearing a number of Canadian anti-terrorism cases, including those relating to Abdullah and Omar Khadr, as well as Hassan Almrei.{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080709.wkhadr0709/BNStory/National/home |title=Canada's secret documents on Khadr's treatment revealed |work=The Globe and Mail |date=2008-07-09 |access-date=2008-09-10 |author=Colin Freeze & Omar El Akkad |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821155045/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080709.wkhadr0709/BNStory/National/home |archive-date=2008-08-21 }}Calgary Herald, [https://calgaryherald.com/news/Final+national+security+certificate+suspect+released/1135715/story.html Final national security certificate suspect released] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113181454/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Final+national+security+certificate+suspect+released/1135715/story.html |date=2009-01-13 }}, January 2, 2009

{{cite news

|url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080512.wkhadr0512/BNStory/International/home

|title = U.S. paid bounty for Khadr arrest in Pakistan

|work = The Globe and Mail

|author = Colin Freeze

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|date = May 12, 2008

|access-date = 2008-05-11

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}} He has also taken a role in hearing the case of Jeremy Hinzman.{{cite news |last=Perkel |first=Colin |date=2008-09-22 |title=U.S. deserter 'surprised' deportation order stayed |url=https://www.thestar.com/article/503794 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118232351/https://www.thestar.com/article/503794 |archive-date=2009-11-18 |access-date=2008-09-24 |newspaper=The Toronto Star |publisher=The Canadian Press / Toronto Star}} In 2024, Mosley ruled that the federal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act to end the 2022 convoy protest was "not justified".{{cite web |last1=Van Dyk |first1=Spencer |title=Federal court rules Emergencies Act invocation 'not justified' |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/federal-court-rules-emergencies-act-invocation-not-justified-1.6738624 |website=CTV |access-date=January 23, 2024}}