SSCI 1010U Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ultra Vires, Small Claims Court, Provincial Superior
2 Feb 2017
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Introduction to canadian legal system ssci 1010u- 001. You loan a friend on the condition that the money in paid back in full within a month. Which court do you turn to for help: small claims court because it"s less than . Jurisdiction: the scope of authority to deal with a type of case. Three aspects of jurisdiction: subject matter of the law: (e. g. , civil, criminal, family, geographically: is the dispute in ontario or alberta, the amount of money: the amount in dispute. ,000 outstanding loan: what is the subject matter, civil because it doesn"t affect society as a whole, commercial transaction, geographically, provincial, ontario, amount of money, under 25000 thus going to small division. Depends on the level of government (federal or provincial) as set out in constitution. Act, 1867 (ca, 1867: federal: section 101, ca, 1867 establish general courts of appeal (scc, the.
