Wall v. Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses et al., 2016 ABCA 255
| Judge | Paperny, Rowbotham and Wakeling, JJ.A. |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Alberta) |
| Case Date | Thursday September 08, 2016 |
| Citations | 2016 ABCA 255 |
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20 practice notes
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Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall
...Canada, 2nd ed. Toronto: Carswell, 2012. APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (Paperny, Rowbotham and Wakeling JJ.A.), 2016 ABCA 255, 43 Alta. L.R. (6th) 33 , 404 D.L.R. (4th) 48 , 12 Admin. L.R. (6th) 302 , 365 C.R.R. (2d) 40 , [2017] 2 W.W.R. 641 , [2016] A.J. No. 89......
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Anglin v Resler
...order dismissing P's action on the ground that it discloses no cause of action”); Wall v. Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255, ¶ 84; 404 D.L.R. 4th 48, 82 per Wakeling, J.A. (“suppose … a person is unhappy that … she was not invited to her cousin's … wedding. She inv......
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Reilly v Alberta
...or management failures as a ‘systemic’ issue’”). 169 Wall v. Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255, ¶ 86; 404 D.L.R. 4th 48, 83, rev'd, 2018 SCC 26; [2018] 1 S.C.R. 750 per Wakeling, J.A., dissenting (“The list of differences that judges canno......
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THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB? FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION UNDER PROVINCIAL HUMAN RIGHTS CODES.
...(at para 145). (135) See e.g. Wakeling JA's dissent in Wall v Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255 at para 130ff (freedom of religion and freedom of association dictate that the courts should not intervene in religious organizations' membersh......
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Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall,
...Canada, 2nd ed. Toronto: Carswell, 2012. APPEAL from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal (Paperny, Rowbotham and Wakeling JJ.A.), 2016 ABCA 255, 43 Alta. L.R. (6th) 33 , 404 D.L.R. (4th) 48 , 12 Admin. L.R. (6th) 302 , 365 C.R.R. (2d) 40 , [2017] 2 W.W.R. 641 , [2016] A.J. No. 89......
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Anglin v Resler,
...order dismissing P's action on the ground that it discloses no cause of action”); Wall v. Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255, ¶ 84; 404 D.L.R. 4th 48, 82 per Wakeling, J.A. (“suppose … a person is unhappy that … she was not invited to her cousin's … wedding. She inv......
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Reilly v Alberta,
...or management failures as a ‘systemic’ issue’”). 169 Wall v. Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255, ¶ 86; 404 D.L.R. 4th 48, 83, rev'd, 2018 SCC 26; [2018] 1 S.C.R. 750 per Wakeling, J.A., dissenting (“The list of differences that judges canno......
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Al-Ghamdi v College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta, 2017 ABQB 685
...or “consensual tribunals” may be subject to judicial review. In Wall v Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee), 2016 ABCA 255, leave to appeal granted [2016] SCCA No 469,[3] Paperny and Rowbotham JJA considered a line of cases that suggest that courts have jurisdic......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Judicial review and private entities: The limits of the remedy confirmed in The Conservative Party of Canada v. Trost
...by the Supreme Court of Canada, in the appeal of Wall v. Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255, will settle this issue in Canada. In the Wall case, the Alberta Court of Appeal held that the internal conduct of an unincorporated religious o......
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Judicial Review And Private Entities: The Limits Of The Remedy Confirmed In The Conservative Party Of Canada V. Trost
...by the Supreme Court of Canada, in the appeal of Wall v. Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of the Jehovah's Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255, will settle this issue in Canada. In the Wall case, the Alberta Court of Appeal held that the internal conduct of an unincorporated religious o......
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THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB? FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION UNDER PROVINCIAL HUMAN RIGHTS CODES.
...(at para 145). (135) See e.g. Wakeling JA's dissent in Wall v Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255 at para 130ff (freedom of religion and freedom of association dictate that the courts should not intervene in religious organizations' membersh......
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The Boundaries of Judicial Review Since Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v. Wall.
.... (6.) 2011 FCA 347 [Air Canada]. (7.) See ibid. (8.) Wall v Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255 at para 5 [Wall (9.) See ibid at para 9. (10.) See ibid at para 62. (11.) [1992] 3 SCR 165 , 97 DLR (4th) 17 [Hofer]. (12.) Supra note 8 at......
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Religion, Public Law, and the Refuge of Formalism.
...Wall, supra note 8 at para 6. (32) Ibid at para 3. (33) Wall v Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah 's Witnesses, 2016 ABCA 255 at para 4 [Wall (34) Ibid at para 5. (35) Ibid. (36) Admittedly, the factual background in Aga contains more detail, but this is arguably nec......