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The Superior Court of Justice (French: Cour supérieure de justice) is a superior court in Ontario. The Court sits in 52 locations across the province, including 17 Family Court locations, and consists of over 300 federally appointed judges. [1] In 1999, the Superior Court of Justice was renamed from the Ontario Court (General Division).
In a 2-1 decision, judges of the Ontario Divisional Court dismissed the application for an order requiring the issue of a marriage licence, ruling "that under the common law of Canada applicable to Ontario a valid marriage can take place only between a man and a woman." [3]
The Ontario Teacher Candidates’ Council expressed its disappointment at the decision, while education minister Stephen Lecce welcomed it. [6] After the Divisional Court decision, some commentators suggested that the Ontario government should invoke the notwithstanding clause. [1]
Tribunals in Canada are subject to judicial review, where a superior court can quash a tribunal's decision if the tribunal exceeds the limits of its statutory authority. [4] In Ontario, decisions by provincial tribunals are subject to review by the Divisional Court branch of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to determine they are fair ...
3 Court of Appeal for Ontario. 4 ... Download as PDF; ... or were denied leave to the Supreme Court of Canada. The notable decisions of these courts are listed in ...
"This is an Appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario affirming the Judgment of Riddell J., dismissing a claim by the Plaintiff Company, as assignees of one W.J. Green, to be entitled to certain lands and minerals situate under the waters of Cobalt Lake, in the Province of Ontario, and constituting claim J.S. 71, containing ...
The phrase "provincial court" or "territorial court" is often used to mean a lower court whose decisions can be reviewed by a superior court. Decades ago [when?], they were managed at the local municipal level. The Ontario Court of Justice is a division of the Court of Ontario. [7]
"This appeal is brought from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada dated the 6th June, 1950, whereby by a majority of four judges to three (Kerwin, Estey, Locke and Cartwright, J.J., Taschereau, Kellock and Fauteux, J.J., dissenting) an appeal by the present respondent, Evelyn McKee, from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario dated ...