Canada Supreme Court – March 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 March 2017 are:
Mar 20 Attorney General of Canada on behalf of the Republic of India v. Surjit Singh Badesha, et al. (British Columbia) (Criminal) (By Leave) 36981
Mar 22 First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, et al. v. Government of Yukon (Yukon Territory) (Civil) (By Leave) 36779
Mar 23 Nour Marakah v. Her Majesty the Queen (Ontario) (Criminal) (As of Right) 37118
Mar 23 Tristin Jones v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, et al. (Ontario) (Criminal) (By Leave) 37194
Mar 27 Barreau du Quebec v. Attorney General of Quebec (Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave) 37034
Mar 28 British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal v. Edward Schrenk (British Columbia) (Civil) (By Leave) 37041
Mar 29 Desjardins Financial Security Life Assurance Company v. Mariette Emond and Victor Foisy, et al. (Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave) 36919
Mar 30 Commission des normes, de l’equite, de la sante et de la securite du travail (formerly known as Commission de la sante et de la securite du travail) v. Alain Caron (Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave) 36605
Mar 31 Jean-Louis Savard v. Her Majesty the Queen (Quebec) (Criminal) (As of Right) 36908

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