Supreme Court

Decision Information

Legal Questions Act (Re)

Court Supreme Court
Date 1986-05-13
Other citations [1986] NWTR 246
File numbers SC 8356
Judge(s) Marshall
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Statutes considered:
Legal Questions Act, S.N.W.T. 1980 (2ND) C-14;
Farm Products Marketing Agencies Act
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Judicial Committee Act of 1833
Suupreme and Exchequer Courts Act S.C. 1875, c. 11, s.52
National Farm Products Marketing Agencies Act, R.S.C. 19-20-21, ELIZ. II, c-65, As amended
Decision information:

Abstract: Motion to determine the extent to which the factual foundation of a reference under the Legal Questions Act should be explored and presented by the parties
Decision: Motion refused - Using a system of discovery in the context of a reference is not contemplated in the Act - Reference should properly resemble an appeal rather than litigation.

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