Jacob Ziegel 1927 - 2023 Jacob Ziegel, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, died in his 97th year, at Hazelton Place in Toronto. He held LLB, LL.M., Ph.D and LL.D degrees from the University of London, an honorary LL.D. from the University of Victoria and the Law Society's medal of honour. Born in Germany on October 7, 1927, Jacob was on a Kinder Transport to England just before WWII. Both of his parents perished in the Holocaust. Descendants of his brother and sister live in Israel, England and the United States. His former wife, Adrienne Folb, predeceased him. Between 1962 and 1975, he taught law at the University of Saskatchewan, McGill University and Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. In 1975, Jacob joined the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where he taught until he was compulsorily retired in 1993. He was not pleased but took emeritus status and carried on as before with his scholarship and teaching. Widely recognized as the dean of commercial and consumer law in Canada, Jacob was the convenor of the Annual Workshop of Commercial and Consumer Law for over 40 years and Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Business Law Journal for 35 years. Appropriately, he was awarded the first Jacob Ziegel Medal for his lifetime development of commercial law in Canada by the CBLJ. His outstanding international reputation led to his being a life member of the American Law Institute and a founding member of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law. Jacob wrote numerous important reports, articles and books, including Hire Purchase and Conditional Sale (with Roy Goode), Comparative Consumer Insolvency Regimes, and The Ontario Personal Property Security Act. He was an editor of casebooks on Secured Transactions in Personal Property, and Partnerships and Canadian Business Corporations. Jacob was as well known for his advocacy for formal, transparent processes in the choice of judges, especially for the Supreme Court of Canada. While he was at Hazelton Place (a retirement residence), he was wonderfully looked after by Jocelyn Bayot. In the words of other law professors, Jacob was an outstanding and lively scholar, a warm and wonderful colleague, and a devoted friend. May his memory be blessed. Funeral Services are scheduled for Monday, December 18, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue West, Toronto, ON M3J 2P1.

Published by The Globe and Mail from Dec. 16 to Dec. 20, 2023.

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A. Keith Tuomi

January 11, 2024

I have wonderful memories of Professor Ziegel that span over 40 years, as a student of his at the University of Toronto Law School from 1980 to 1983, as a published article writer in the Canadian Business Law Journal that he edited, as neighbour when he lived in North Rosedale and when my mother lived at Hazelton Retirement Residence as a friend. I so enjoyed, respected and liked Professor Ziegel. I will very much miss him.

Frank de Walle

December 17, 2023

Prof. Ziegel taught Commercial Transactions at U of T, in 1978. His approach often assumed we students caught on immediately to the content, and thus he felt able to follow his own digressions and alleyways and meanderings, at the edges of the law's logic. Would that I could have taken his class again, five years later, with a bit more comprehension :) There was an element of Pearls Before Swine in his classes. What I remember most clearly, to this day, was his unalloyed enthusiasm for the subject at hand. A true academic, and an enthusiastic teacher.

Mariam Leitman

December 17, 2023

My condolences to Jacob Ziegel's family, friends and colleagues. It was my good fortune to be taught by him at University of Toronto's law school. He was an excellent thinker and a generous and kind teacher. May his memory be for a blessing.

Karl Dore

December 16, 2023

Jacob was indeed the dean of commercial and consumer law in Canada. His longtime annual workshops for law professors across the country was the stuff of legend. Jacob, even when speaking off the cuff, sounded like the polished narrator of a finely honed script. One never failed to learn from him. A wise and generous man, he leaves a great legacy in law.

Earl Cherniak

December 16, 2023

A wise and gentle man who made a difference

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