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 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Docket Number | 39094 |
| Date | 21 May 2021 |
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18 practice notes
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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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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, 2023 FCA 105
...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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QSL Canada Inc. v. Cliffs Mining Company, 2023 FC 1429
...of events would conclude was the intention of the parties (see Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paras 35-37), and that such prima facie evidence would confirm that the parties agreed to be bound by the US Steel Governing Law [21] As the p......
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9 cases
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Canada v. Witchekan Lake First Nation, 2023 FCA 105
...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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QSL Canada Inc. v. Cliffs Mining Company, 2023 FC 1429
...of events would conclude was the intention of the parties (see Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paras 35-37), and that such prima facie evidence would confirm that the parties agreed to be bound by the US Steel Governing Law [21] As the p......
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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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Métis Nation of Alberta Association Local Council #1994 of Grande Cache v Métis Nation of Alberta Association,
...Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall, 2018 SCC 26 and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22. 13 In Highwood Congregation, the SCC outlined the necessary condition for the court's jurisdiction to oversee the internal affairs of voluntary org......
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5 firm's commentaries
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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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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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Not So Fast: Contractual Rights May Be The Basis Of The Court's Jurisdiction To Review The Treatment By Voluntary Associations Of Their Members
...Review the Treatment by Voluntary Associations of Their Members". In Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 ("Aga"), the Supreme Court of Canada revisited a court's jurisdiction to intervene in the affairs of voluntary associations, including relig......
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3 books & journal articles
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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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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......