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The Supreme Court of Canada is the court of last resort and final appeal in Canada. Cases that are successfully appealed to the Court are generally of national importance. Once a case is decided the Court will publish written reasons for the decision that consist of one or more reasons from any number of the nine justice
Mahé v Alberta, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 342, is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada.The ruling is notable because the court established that section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms requires parents of the official-language minority in each province to have the right either to be represented on the school board or to have a school board of their own to provide adequate ...
The Court and the Charter: Leading Cases (published in 2008, co-edited by Russell, Morton, Knopff, Thomas Bateman and Janet Hiebert); and; The Court and the Constitution: Leading Cases (published in 2008, co-edited by Russell, Morton, Knopff, Bateman and Hiebert). Decisions in leading cases in Canada have usually been made by the Supreme Court ...
This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of Canada from the formation of the Court in 1875 to the retirement of Gérald Fauteux in 1973. Note that the Privy Council heard appeals for criminal cases until 1933 and for civil cases until 1949. Also between 1888 and 1926, no criminal appeals were allowed to the ...
The first is the term "provincial court", which has two quite different meanings, depending on context. The first, and most general meaning, is that a provincial court is a court established by the legislature of a province, under its constitutional authority over the administration of justice in the province, set out in s. 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867. [2]
Case name Citation Date Subject July 1, 1990 – Appointment of Antonio Lamer as Chief Justice of Canada: Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada v Northwest Territories (Commissioner) [1990] 2 SCR 367 August 16, 1990 freedom of association; section 2(d) Central Alberta Dairy Pool v Alberta (Human Rights Commission) [1990] 2 SCR 489
The issue came before the Supreme Court of Canada in a case arising in Ontario: Reference re Bill 30, An Act to Amend the Education Act (Ont.). The provincial government had decided to extend funding for Catholic separate high schools to match the funding that public high schools received.
The following is a list of notable decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada sorted by author.. Understanding what cases were authored by whom can be important. For example, in early interpretation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it has been said there was much agreement.