Canada Supreme Court – January 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.

The hearings scheduled to be shown in January 2017 are:
Jan 11 Attorney General of Quebec v. Ronald Guerin (Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave) 36775
Jan 12 Uniprix inc. v. Gestion Gosselin et Berube inc., et al. (Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave) 36718
Jan 13 Thanh Tam Tran v. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (Federal Court) (Civil) (By Leave) 36784
Jan 16 Mohsen Saadati, by his Litigation Guardian, Sara Zarei v. Grant Iain Moorhead, et al. (British Columbia) (Civil) (By Leave) 36703
Jan 17 Nihal Awer v. Her Majesty the Queen (Alberta) (Criminal) (As of Right) 37021
Jan 18 Frederick Allen Clark v. Her Majesty the Queen (British Columbia) (Criminal) (By Leave) 36813
Jan 19 Laurier Bedard, et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen (Quebec) (Criminal) (As of Right) 37071
Jan 19 Tasia M. Natewayes v. Her Majesty the Queen (Saskatchewan) (Criminal) (As of Right) 36793

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