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A select number of decisions from the courts of appeal have proven to be the leading case law in a number of fields and have subsequently been adopted across all provinces, or else they are famous decisions in their own right. Most frequently the decisions were never appealed or were denied leave to the Supreme Court of Canada. The notable ...
Evidence of human activity in what is now Ontario dates to approximately 9000 BCE. [1] Summarizing the Indigenous approach to dispute resolution, with particular reference to the Mohawk people, the authors of A History of Law in Canada, volume 1, explain that, "All important matters had to be discussed openly, though after consultation some final council deliberations could occur in secret, at ...
The Supreme Court of Canada hears appeals from less than 3% of the decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, therefore in a practical sense, the Court of Appeal is the last avenue of appeal for most litigants in Ontario. [2] Among the Court of Appeal's most notable decisions was the 2003 ruling in Halpern v Canada (AG) that found defining ...
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).
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]
1.10 Ontario. 1.11 Prince Edward Island. ... Printable version; In other projects ... Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada. Alberta
Printable version; In other projects ... Court of Appeal for Ontario cases (13 P) J. Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario (51 P)
Full case name: Her Majesty The Queen in right of Ontario and the Water Resources Commission v Ron Engineering & Construction (Eastern) Limited: Citations: 1981 CanLII 17 (SCC), [1981] 1 SCR 111: Prior history: APPEAL from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, (1979) 24 O.R. (2d) 332; (1979) 98 D.L.R. (3d) 548, reversing the judgment ...