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Superior Court judges are appointed by the federal government. Under Canada's constitution, and established law, the status of judges is recognized as fully independent. Once appointed, a judge can serve until age 75 and cannot be removed from office except by joint address of both Houses of Parliament.
- The role of judges - Canadian Judicial Council
Judges are required to render decisions based solely on...
- The role of judges - Canadian Judicial Council
Judges are required to render decisions based solely on existing facts and laws. Three principles facilitate this independence: Security of tenure – Once appointed, a judge is entitled to serve on the Bench until the age of retirement, unless there is good reason for them to be removed from office. Financial security – Judges are paid ...
- How The Courts Are Organized
- What Do The Federal Courts do?
- Provincial and Territorial Level Courts
- Administrative Boards and Tribunals
The federal and provincial and territorial governments are all responsible for the judicial system in Canada. Only the federal government can appoint and pay judges of the superior, or upper-level, courts in the provinces. Parliament can also establish a general court of appeal and other courts. It has created the Supreme Court of Canada, the Feder...
The Supreme Court of Canadais Canada's final court of appeal. Its nine judges represent the four major regions of the country. Three of them must be from Quebec, to adequately represent the civil law system. The Supreme Court has two main functions. 1. It hears appeals from decisions of the appeal courts in all the provinces and territories, as wel...
The court system is roughly the same across Canada. Except for Nunavut, each province has three levels: provincial and territorial, or lower, courts; superior courts; and appeal courts. The Nunavut Court of Justicehas a single-level trial court.
There are other kinds of disputes that do not need to be dealt with in the courts. Different kinds of administrative tribunals and boards deal with disputes over the interpretation and application of laws and regulations, such as entitlement to employment insurance or disability benefits, refugee claims, and human rights. Administrative tribunals a...
Jurisdiction when appointment to another court. 669.3 Where a court composed of a judge and a jury, a judge or a provincial court judge is conducting a trial and the judge or provincial court judge is appointed to another court, he or she continues to have jurisdiction in respect of the trial until its completion. 1994, c. 44, s. 66.
The Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) is responsible for federally appointed judges. It consists of the chief justices and associate chief justices of all of the federal courts and provincial/territorial superior courts. It promotes efficiency, consistency, and quality judicial service in these courts. One of the Council’s tasks is to ...
When a higher court reviews a decision made by a judge or judges of a lower court. Appeal allowed: The court has decided in favour of the appellant (party bringing the appeal). Appeal as of right: The automatic right to have a case heard by the Supreme Court in some criminal cases where one judge on the court of appeal has dissented on a point ...
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In certain situations, temporary judges of the Ontario Court of Justice can be appointed. The Chief Justice of Ontario has the authority to appoint a judge of that court to replace another judge of the Ontario Court of Justice to deal with a complaint when: They are needed for quorum (i.e. to ensure that the minimum number of members are
