Canada Supreme Court – May 2017

The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada, the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system.

The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts.

Its decisions are the ultimate expression and application of Canadian law and binding upon all lower courts of Canada, except to the extent that they are overridden or otherwise made ineffective by an Act of Parliament or the Act of a provincial legislative assembly pursuant to Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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The hearings scheduled to be shown in May 2017 are:
May 25 Attorney General of Canada v. Larry Philip Fontaine in his personal capacity and in his capacity as the executor of the estate of Agnes Mary Fontaine, deceased, et al. (Ontario) (Civil) (By Leave) 37037

May 26 Max Wayne Cowper-Smith v. Gloria Lynn Morgan and Gloria Lynn Morgan Executor of the Will of the Late Elizabeth Flora Cowper-Smith, Deceased (British Columbia) (Civil) (By Leave) 37120