BUS 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Contingent Fee, Contributory Negligence, Ultra Vires
16 Sep 2016
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The traditional supremacy of parliament to make law has been limited to some extent by the charter of. The original canadian constitution is now known as the constitution act (1867). The principle of stare decisis provides that courts within a province are bound to follow previous decisions on the same legal point from the higher courts of other provinces. The three major components of present canadian law are the common law, equity, and statutes. The full normal route of a civil action is from a provincial trial court to a provincial court of appeal to the supreme court of canada. A seven-year-old boy followed his dog into mr. howe"s backyard. He fell into a large hole dug by mr. howe in preparation for a tree that had been ordered. The boy broke his arm in the fall. At the hospital, a doctor employed there for four years, treated the boy.
