List Of Canadian Appeals To The Judicial Committee Of The Privy Council, 1870–1879
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for the Crown Dependencies, the British Overseas Territories, some Commonwealth countries and a few institutions in the United Kingdom. Established on 14 Augus ...
from the Canadian courts, decided in the years 1870 to 1879. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundland). During this period, its decisions on Canadian appeals were binding precedent on all Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Any decisions from this era that the Supreme Court of Canada has not overruled since gaining appellate supremacy in 1949 remain good law, and continue to bind all Canadian courts other than the Supreme Court. The
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abolished appeals to the JCPC of criminal cases in 1933 and civil cases in 1949. Ongoing cases that had begun before those dates remained appealable to the JCPC.Bora Laskin, ''The Hamlyn Lectures, Twenty-First Series: The British Tradition in Canadian Law'' (London: Stevens & Sons, 1969), pp. 1–3, a

/ref> The final JCPC ruling on a Canadian case was rendered in 1959, in
Ponoka-Calmar Oils v Wakefield ''Ponoka-Calmar Oils v Wakefield'' is notable for being the last ruling rendered by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council with respect to an appeal from the courts of Canada. The central issue concerned the construction of statutes relating ...
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Case list


Summary by year and result


Summary by province and court appealed from


See also

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List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1867–1869 This page lists all appeals the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from the Canadian courts, decided in the years 1867 to 1869. Prior to the creation of Canada in 1867, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was the highest court of ap ...
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List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1880–1889 This page lists all appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from the Canadian courts, decided in the years 1880 to 1889. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundla ...
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List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1890–1899 This page lists all cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council originating in Canada, and decided in the years 1890 to 1899. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundland) ...
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List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1900–1909 This page lists all appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from the Canadian courts, decided in the years 1900 to 1909. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundland). ...
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List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1910–1919 This page lists all cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council originating in Canada, and decided in the years 1910 to 1919. From 1867 to 1949, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was the highest court of appeal for Canada. It ...
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List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1920–1929 This page lists all cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council originating in Canada, and decided in the years 1920 to 1929. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundland). ...
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List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1930–1939 This page lists all cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council originating in Canada, and decided in the years 1930 to 1939. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundland). ...
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List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1940–1949 This page lists all cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council originating in Canada, and decided in the years 1940 to 1949. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundland). D ...
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List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1950–1959 This page lists all cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council originating in Canada, and decided in the years 1950 to 1959. From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundland). D ...


Sources


British and Irish Legal Information Institute: Privy Council Decisions

1870 Privy Council Decisions

1871 Privy Council Decisions

1872 Privy Council Decisions

1873 Privy Council Decisions

1874 Privy Council Decisions

1875 Privy Council Decisions

1876 Privy Council Decisions

1877 Privy Council Decisions

1878 Privy Council Decisions

1879 Privy Council Decisions


References

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