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Canada (Attorney General) v. Stevan Utah, 2020 FCA 224

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JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtCourt of Appeal (Canada)
Citation2020 FCA 224
Date29 December 2020
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15 practice notes
  • Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2022 FCA 208
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • December 5, 2022
    ...“hierarchy of laws”—that absent unconstitutionality, legislative provisions trump judge-made rules: see Canada (Attorney General) v. Utah, 2020 FCA 224, 455 D.L.R. (4th) 714 and the numerous authorities cited therein. Is this principle relevant to the analysis in this case? Does it square w......
  • Canada v. Jim Shot Both Sides et al., 2022 FCA 20
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • February 10, 2022
    ...the law expressed by the Legislatures or Parliament. However meritorious the objective may be (Canada (Attorney General) v. Utah, 2020 FCA 224), judges cannot skew their reasons to avoid binding jurisprudence. VI. Conclusion [230] The basis of the Federal Court’s reasoning is that as......
  • Right to Life Association of Toronto v. Canada (Employment, Workforce and Labour), 2022 FCA 67
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • April 21, 2022
    ...109 is paramount. This is the governing legislation. Legislation prevails over all court decisions: Canada (Attorney General) v. Utah, 2020 FCA 224, 455 D.L.R. (4th) 714 at para. 28; Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation v. Hamelin, 2018 FCA 131, 424 D.L.R. (4th) 366 at para. 54; Tsleil-Waututh Nation ......
  • Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Mason, 2021 FCA 156
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • July 29, 2021
    ...2018 FCA 45, [2018] 4 F.C.R. 328 at paras. 73-86; Hillier, above at paras. 18 and 24-27; Canada (Attorney General) v. Utah, 2020 FCA 224, 455 D.L.R. (4th) 714 at para. 15 (all in the context of courts but equally applicable to administrators). [43] I shall now conduct reasonableness review ......
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13 cases
  • Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2022 FCA 208
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • December 5, 2022
    ...“hierarchy of laws”—that absent unconstitutionality, legislative provisions trump judge-made rules: see Canada (Attorney General) v. Utah, 2020 FCA 224, 455 D.L.R. (4th) 714 and the numerous authorities cited therein. Is this principle relevant to the analysis in this case? Does it square w......
  • Canada v. Jim Shot Both Sides et al., 2022 FCA 20
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • February 10, 2022
    ...the law expressed by the Legislatures or Parliament. However meritorious the objective may be (Canada (Attorney General) v. Utah, 2020 FCA 224), judges cannot skew their reasons to avoid binding jurisprudence. VI. Conclusion [230] The basis of the Federal Court’s reasoning is that as......
  • Right to Life Association of Toronto v. Canada (Employment, Workforce and Labour), 2022 FCA 67
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • April 21, 2022
    ...109 is paramount. This is the governing legislation. Legislation prevails over all court decisions: Canada (Attorney General) v. Utah, 2020 FCA 224, 455 D.L.R. (4th) 714 at para. 28; Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation v. Hamelin, 2018 FCA 131, 424 D.L.R. (4th) 366 at para. 54; Tsleil-Waututh Nation ......
  • Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Mason, 2021 FCA 156
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • July 29, 2021
    ...2018 FCA 45, [2018] 4 F.C.R. 328 at paras. 73-86; Hillier, above at paras. 18 and 24-27; Canada (Attorney General) v. Utah, 2020 FCA 224, 455 D.L.R. (4th) 714 at para. 15 (all in the context of courts but equally applicable to administrators). [43] I shall now conduct reasonableness review ......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Supreme Court Of Canada Revisits The Law Of Government Liability In Negligence
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 18, 2021
    ...See paras. 3, 56, 62, 68 and 70. 11. S.O. 2019, c. 7, Sched. 17. 12. Francis at paras. 127 and 129. 13. Canada (Attorney General) v. Utah, 2020 FCA 224, 455 DLR (4th) 714, at para. 14. Design Services Ltd. v. Canada, 2008 SCC 22, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 737, at para. 62. The content of this article......
  • Supreme Court Of Canada Revisits The Law Of Government Liability In Negligence
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 18, 2021
    ...See paras. 3, 56, 62, 68 and 70. 11. S.O. 2019, c. 7, Sched. 17. 12. Francis at paras. 127 and 129. 13. Canada (Attorney General) v. Utah, 2020 FCA 224, 455 DLR (4th) 714, at para. 14. Design Services Ltd. v. Canada, 2008 SCC 22, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 737, at para. 62. The content of this article......

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