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Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26

Judgment Cited authorities 27 Cited in 147 Precedent Map Related
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JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm
Citation2018 SCC 26
Date31 May 2018
Docket Number37273
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136 practice notes
  • Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 28, 2020
    ...modern doctrine of justiciability recognized by this Court in Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26, [2018] 1 SCR 750. It is to that doctrine which I now turn. B. Justiciability of international law questions in Canada 294. Justiciability is ......
  • Karahalios v. Conservative Party of Canada, 2020 ONSC 3145
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 20, 2020
    ...v. Hillier (2001), 53 O.R. (3d) 550 at para. 13 (C.A.). [19] Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26. [20] Bell v. Civil Air Search and Rescue Assn., 2018 MBCA 96; Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 ......
  • Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 28, 2020
    ...of Brunswick v. King of Hanover (1848), 2 H.L.C. 1, 9 E.R. 993; Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 750; Fraser v. Public Service Staff Relations Board, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 455; Ontario v. Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontar......
  • British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Council of Canadians with Disabilities, 2022 SCC 27
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 23, 2022
    ...Zel’s Inc. v. Ontario (Attorney General), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 675; Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 750; Danson v. Ontario (Attorney General), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1086; Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3......
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109 cases
  • Karahalios v. Conservative Party of Canada, 2020 ONSC 3145
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 20, 2020
    ...v. Hillier (2001), 53 O.R. (3d) 550 at para. 13 (C.A.). [19] Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26. [20] Bell v. Civil Air Search and Rescue Assn., 2018 MBCA 96; Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 ......
  • Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, 2020 SCC 5
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 28, 2020
    ...of Brunswick v. King of Hanover (1848), 2 H.L.C. 1, 9 E.R. 993; Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 750; Fraser v. Public Service Staff Relations Board, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 455; Ontario v. Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontar......
  • British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Council of Canadians with Disabilities, 2022 SCC 27
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 23, 2022
    ...Zel’s Inc. v. Ontario (Attorney General), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 675; Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 750; Danson v. Ontario (Attorney General), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1086; Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3......
  • Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 26, 2020
    ...Co. (1995), 135 Sask. R. 254, var’d (1995), 137 Sask. R. 238; Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 750; Knox v. Conservative Party of Canada, 2007 ABCA 295, 422 A.R. 29; R. v. National Joint Council for the Craft of Dental T......
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13 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 6 – January 10, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 14, 2020
    ...s2(a), Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c C43, s134(1)(a), Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall, 2018 SCC 26, Ahenakew et al. v MacKay et al. (2004), 71 O.R. (3d) 130 (CA) Clarke v Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada , 2020 ONCA 11 Keywords: Contracts, I......
  • Closing the door on judicial review of private entities
    • Canada
    • JD Supra Canada
    • June 11, 2018
    ...of Canada confirmed this conclusion in its decision in Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v Wall, 2018 SCC 26. The Supreme Court held that, because a voluntary association is not exercising statutory authority, its decisions cannot be judicially reviewed.......
  • Closing The Door On Judicial Review Of Private Entities: A Comment On Judicial Committee Of The Highwood Congregation Of Jehovah's Witnesses V Wall
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 18, 2018
    ...of Canada confirmed this conclusion in its decision in Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v Wall, 2018 SCC 26. The Supreme Court held that, because a voluntary association is not exercising statutory authority, its decisions cannot be judicially reviewed.......
  • Election For President Of Association Declared Invalid
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 8, 2022
    ...to review the decisions of a voluntary association. Based on Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26, for the Court to assume jurisdiction the applicant was required to show that there was an underlying legal right at stake, such as a contractu......
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9 books & journal articles
  • NEVSUN, ATLANTIC LOTTERY, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OR THE 2020 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA MOTION TO STRIKE DECISIONS ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW.
    • Canada
    • University of New Brunswick Law Journal No. 72, January 2021
    • January 1, 2021
    ...legal standards are at play). See also the decision of Rowe J in Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall, 2018 SCC 26 at para 38 (noting the incompetence of courts to determine whether a procedure prescribed in the Gospel of Matthew was (68) Frequently defen......
  • LET OUR LIVING TREE GROW: BEYOND NON-JUSTICIABILITY FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF WICKED PROBLEMS.
    • Canada
    • University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review Vol. 81 No. 1, January 2023
    • January 1, 2023
    ...United States and Canada" (2018) 49 VUWLR 315 at 331-332. (72) Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall, 2018 SCC 26 at para 34 (73) Sossin, Boundaries of Judicial Review, supra note 6 at 7. (74) Ibid. (75) See David Wiseman, "The Charter and Poverty: Beyond ......
  • The Boundaries of Judicial Review Since Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v. Wall.
    • Canada
    • Queen's Law Journal Vol. 47 No. 1, September 2021
    • September 22, 2021
    ...research assistance. Thanks also to Mary Liston for comments on a previous draft, and to two anonymous reviewers. Mistakes are mine. (1.) 2018 SCC 26 at para 13 (2.) Ibid at para 14. (3.) See Paul Daly, "Right and Wrong on the Scope of Judicial Review: Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Wit......
  • THE LIMITS OF THE DECLARATORY JUDGMENT.
    • Canada
    • McGill Law Journal Vol. 67 No. 3, March 2022
    • March 1, 2022
    ...(57) See Operation Dismantle, supra note 55 at 457-58. (58) Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall, 2018 SCC 26 at para 33 [Highwood], quoting Lorne M Sossin, Boundaries of Judicial Review: The Law of Justiciability in Canada, 2nd ed (Toronto: Carswell, 201......
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