Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga,
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | Wagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas |
| Neutral Citation | 2021 SCC 22 |
| Citation | 2021 SCC 22 |
| Docket Number | 39094 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Date | 21 May 2021 |
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...42 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 .................................................................... 572 Euro United Corp (Interim Receiver of v Rehani, [2003] OJ No 2426 (Sup Ct J) ..............................................................
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Table of Cases
...District School Board, 2017 ONCA 893 .................... 84 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 ............................................................................... 166– 69 Everson v Board of Education, 330 US 1 (1947) ....................
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Specific Performance: Contracts of Personal Service and Other Service Obligations
...of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall , 2018 SCC 26; Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga , 2021 SCC 22. 26 McCaw v United Church of Canada (1991), 4 OR (3d) 481 (CA). See also Frogley v Ottawa Presbytery of the United Church of Canada (1995), 16......
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Canada v. Witchekan Lake First Nation,
...at paras. 49 and 66; ViiV Healthcare at paras. 32-34; see also Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at para. 25 [Aga] and Manitoba v. Canada, 2015 FCA 57, 470 N.R. 187 at para. 11 [32] Put another way, a case ought not to proceed to trial, with......
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Canada v. Witchekan Lake First Nation,
...at paras. 49 and 66; ViiV Healthcare at paras. 32-34; see also Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at para. 25 [Aga] and Manitoba v. Canada, 2015 FCA 57, 470 N.R. 187 at para. 11 [32] Put another way, a case ought not to proceed to trial, with......
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Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction Ltd v Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Ltd,
...relying in particular on the reasoning of Rowe J in Rowe J. in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paras 35–38, [2021] 1 SCR 868. This reasoning is not assailed before me or the Court 14 As pointed out in Equustek Solution, 2017 SCC 34 at pa......
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Khaira v 102007987 Saskatchewan Ltd,
...27, 2018. He relied on the Supreme Court of Canada decision of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paras 34–38, [2021] 1 SCR 868 [ Aga], which summarized the critical conditions necessary for finding the formation of a contract: offer, accep......
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Ayubi v. Mount Sinai Hospital,
...Pizza Ltd. v. Gillespie (1990), 75 O.R. (2d) 255 (Gen. Div.). [4] Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at para. 25; Wallace v Ralph-Edwards, 2019 ONSC 899; Canada (Attorney General) v. Lameman 2008 SCC 14 at para. 11; Goudie v. Ottawa (City), 2......
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Mind Your
...contract' to AL, who would respond 'looks good', 'ok', or 'yup', and then deliver the product. The same process was followed here, except that AL replied to SWT with the '...
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Why It Matters That The Supreme Court Decision Reinforced The Existence Of Hidden Contracts In Charity/Nonprofit Governance
...even if the question involved religious matters. The May 21, 2021, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga (2021 SCC 22) ("Aga") decision rendered by the Supreme Court considered the assertion made by five former members of the congregation of the Ethiopian Or......
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Beyond Review: Supreme Court of Canada Confirms Courts are Unlikely to Interfere with Voluntary Associations
...Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 [Ethiopian Orthodox] the Supreme Court of Canada elaborated on the circumstances in which courts will intervene in the affairs of voluntary associations, including religious congregations. To enforce the rules of a vol......
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Use Of A Thumbs-up Emoji Creates A Valid And Binding Contract
...with one another. As determined by the Supreme Court of Canada in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paragraph 38, the nature of the parties' relationship and the interest at stake will help inform whether there was an intention to create ......
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Table of cases
...42 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 .................................................................... 572 Euro United Corp (Interim Receiver of v Rehani, [2003] OJ No 2426 (Sup Ct J) ..............................................................
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Table of Cases
...District School Board, 2017 ONCA 893 .................... 84 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 ............................................................................... 166– 69 Everson v Board of Education, 330 US 1 (1947) ....................
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Specific Performance: Contracts of Personal Service and Other Service Obligations
...of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall , 2018 SCC 26; Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga , 2021 SCC 22. 26 McCaw v United Church of Canada (1991), 4 OR (3d) 481 (CA). See also Frogley v Ottawa Presbytery of the United Church of Canada (1995), 16......
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Religion, Public Law, and the Refuge of Formalism.
...Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall, 2018 SCC 26 [Walt], (9) Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 (10) Benjamin L Berger, "Liberal Constitutionalism and the Unsettling of the Secular" in Rex Ahdar, ed, Research Handbook on Law and Religion (Nor......
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