Attorney-General for Ontario v Attorney-General for Canada: PC 1947

Abolition of civil appeals from Canada. The Board, in referring to the Canadian Constitution said of the 1867 Act that: ‘To such an organic statute, the Canadian Constitution the flexible interpretation must be given that changing circumstances require.’

Judges:

Viscount Jowitt

Citations:

[1947] AC 127

Statutes:

Statute of Westminster 1931 2 83, British North America Act 1867 91

Jurisdiction:

Canada

Cited by:

CitedDavid Grant v Director of Correctional Services and Another; The Director of Public Prosecutions PC 14-Jun-2004
(Jamaica) The defendant had pleaded guilty to drugs offences in the US, and had fled to Jamaica. He appealed against a refusal of Habeas Corpus having been arrested and held for extradition. The Board considered its jurisdiction to hear such an . .
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Constitutional

Updated: 05 December 2022; Ref: scu.242115