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Administrative law 2026 FC 39

Louie v. Lower Kootenay First Nation

The Federal Court held the Lower Kootenay Indian Band was not a borrowing member, some 2012 FAL provisions remained in force, and Board approval is needed for repeal.

  • Financial administration law
  • First nations fiscal management act
  • Mandamus
  • Repeal
  • Borrowing member status
  • Standard of review
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Criminal law 2019 SCC 31

Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

La Cour suprême conclut que l’art. 133 de l’Offence Act intègre l’art. 530 du Code criminel, donnant droit à un procès en français et rendant le refus révisable par certiorari.

  • Right to trial in official language
  • Certiorari
  • Jurisdictional error
  • Incorporation of federal statute into provincial law
  • Implied repeal
  • Trial-in-official-language
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Administrative law 2017 BCCA 8

Laursen v. Director of Crime Victim Assistance

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, holding that “employable” under the Regulation includes future employment potential, and that the judicial review was not statute-barred.

  • Employability
  • Lost earning capacity
  • Limitation period
  • Implied repeal
  • Standard of review
  • Administrative-law
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Administrative law 2001 FCT 242

Abbott v. Canada

The Federal Court held the Crown had authority to grant leases with perpetual renewal clauses, and alternatively that the Crown was estopped from denying those rights.

  • Crown authority to contract
  • Perpetual lease renewal clauses
  • Estoppel (equitable estoppel)
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Implied repeal
  • Equitable-estoppel
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Human rights [1985] 2 SCR 150

Winnipeg School Division No. 1 v. Craton

The Supreme Court of Canada held that Manitoba's human rights legislation prevailed over a mandatory retirement provision for teachers and dismissed the appeal.

  • Age discrimination
  • Mandatory retirement
  • Implied repeal
  • Contracting out of public policy statutes
  • Age-discrimination
  • Mandatory-retirement
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Public utilities [1957] SCR 121

District of Surrey v. British Columbia Electric Company Limited

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the Public Utilities Commission could issue a gas utility certificate without municipal consent.

  • Certificate of public convenience and necessity
  • Jurisdiction of regulatory commission
  • Municipal consent to utilities
  • Implied repeal
  • Public-utilities
  • Administrative-law
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Labour law [1943] SCR 566

Comité Paritaire de l'Industrie de l'Imprimerie de Montréal et du District v. Dominion Bank Book Co. Ltd.

The Supreme Court of Canada granted special leave to appeal in a dispute over whether a collective agreement could coexist with a decree made under Quebec labour legislation.

  • Collective labour agreement
  • Decree made under statutory authority
  • Conflict between statute and agreement
  • Implied repeal
  • Injunctions
  • Jurisdiction to grant leave to appeal
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Expropriation (1916) 54 SCR 310

Pouliot v. Town of Fraserville

The Supreme Court of Canada held that Fraserville could use the town expropriation procedure for land outside its limits and dismissed the appeal with costs.

  • Appointment of arbitrators
  • Bilingual text interpretation
  • Implied repeal
  • Municipal expropriation boundaries
  • Jurisdiction of attorney-general vs judge
  • Municipal-expropriation
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Transportation (1907) 39 SCR 506

Grand Trunk Ry. Co. v. Robertson

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the Grand Trunk Railway’s special Act fare and third-class-carriage obligations were not repealed and could still be enforced.

  • Railway fares and tariffs
  • Implied repeal
  • Special vs general statute interaction
  • Regulatory enforcement of accommodation
  • Implied-repeal
  • Statutory-interpretation
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