POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Supreme Court Of Newfoundland And Labrador, Inherent Jurisdiction, Family Law
14 May 2017
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Section 96 provincial courts: administered by provinces, judges appointed by federal government, large jurisdiction can hear virtually any legal issue, criminal or civil, public or private, federal or provincial. This court is usually always right; the supreme court always agrees with their decisions for the most part. Section 101 courts: federal court of canada: establishes in 1971, appointed and administered by the federal government, trial and appeal divisions, located in ottawa but hears cases in various parts of the country. Section 101 courts: jurisdiction: only given from partliment of canada, reviews cases from admin boards. Crtc, immigration: least amount of cases in this courts, had to be assigned to the court. National security, review of federal government decisions, claims with the crown (indigenous issues, treaty rights), intellectual property (copyright, trademarks), maritime law, trade disputes between provinces and the federal government. In 1949, the sc becomes the final court of appeal for canada.
