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R. v. Jordan [2] was a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada which rejected the framework traditionally used to determine whether an accused was tried within a reasonable time under section 11(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and replaced it with a presumptive ceiling of 18 months between the charges and the trial in a provincial court without preliminary inquiry, or 30 ...
Hitzig v. Canada (2003) 231 DLR (4th) 104, 177 CCC (3d) 449; Freeman-Maloy v. Marsden (2006), 79 OR (3d) 401, 267 DLR (4th) 37; Indalex Limited (Re), 2011 ONCA 265 - priority of claims of pension fund in a company bankruptcy; leave to appeal granted by the Supreme Court of Canada, December 1, 2011. [1] Bedford v.
This is a comprehensive list of cases originating in Canada decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in Britain.. From 1867 to 1949, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundland, which did not join Canada as a province until 1949).
Corporations Canada is Canada's federal corporate regulator, operating under Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. It is responsible for administering laws regarding the incorporation of Canadian businesses as well as "corporate laws governing federal companies, except for financial intermediaries ."
Canada (Deputy Minister of National Revenue) v. Mattel Canada Inc., [2001] 2 S.C.R. 100; 2001 SCC 36 : February 20, 2000 June 7, 2001 Committee for the Equal Treatment of Asbestos Minority Shareholders v. Ontario (Securities Commission), [2001] 2 S.C.R. 132; 2001 SCC 37 : December 15, 2000 June 7, 2001 McKinley v.
Greymac Trust Co. v. Ontario (Ontario Securities Commission), [1988] 2 SCR 172 : October 13, 1988 October 13, 1988 R. v. Scott, [1988] 2 SCR 174 : October 14, 1988 October 14, 1988 B.C.G.E.U. v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1988] 2 SCR 214 : March 3, 1988 October 20, 1988 Case name Argued Decided Dickson Beetz Estey McIntyre Lamer
Canadian contract law is composed of two parallel systems: a common law framework outside Québec and a civil law framework within Québec. Outside Québec, Canadian contract law is derived from English contract law, though it has developed distinctly since Canadian Confederation in 1867.
Judicial review in Canada has its roots in the English common law system, where there are two sources of judicial review: the prerogative writs of certiorari and mandamus, and actions for damages. [3] The British colonies that now form Canada were subject to administrative law from their very beginnings.