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The Court is composed of the Chief Judge and 48 other judges. [2] The judges are appointed by the provincial government.To be eligible for appointment, a person must have at least 10 years' experience as a lawyer, or have other legal experience which is satisfactory to the Judicial Council of Saskatchewan. [3]
There are three main courts in Saskatchewan: Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan – appellate court; highest court of Saskatchewan. Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan – superior trial court of Saskatchewan with inherent and unlimited jurisdiction; Provincial Court of Saskatchewan – court of first instance; trial court with jurisdiction ...
The new Court of Appeal was established to take over the appellate function of the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan, and the new Court of King's Bench was created to take over the trial functions of the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan. [10] The Supreme Court of Saskatchewan was abolished effective March 1, 1918. [11]
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]
Richards chairs the Saskatchewan Provincial Court Judicial Council and is the First Vice Chair of the Canadian Judicial Council, where he chairs the salary and benefits committee. [5] On March 17, 2023, Richards announced that he would retire from the Court of Appeal effective August 31, 2023. [6]
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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). During this period, its decisions on Canadian appeals were binding precedent on all Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada .
Provincial services may be accessed in French or English in designated areas under the French Language Services Act. Ontario has a regionalized language policy, where part of the province is English-only and other areas are bilingual. Province-wide services (such as websites and toll-free telephone numbers) are provided in both English and French.