Retired Supreme Court of Canada chief justice, crime novelist, Hong Kong judge, classical music lover — Beverley McLachlin has an impressive resume and shows no signs of slowing down.

In March, McLachlin, 74, was appointed as a non-permanent common law judge on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal, the first Canadian to take the position. 

“When it was known that I was about to retire from the Supreme Court of Canada, they approached me and asked me if I would like