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Lists of landmark court decisions

Index Lists of landmark court decisions

Landmark court decisions, in present-day common law legal systems, establish precedents that determine a significant new legal principle or concept, or otherwise substantially affect the interpretation of existing law. [1]

153 relations: Abortion, Absolute liability, Actus reus, Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia, Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp, Attorney-General v De Keyser's Royal Hotel Ltd, Auton (Guardian ad litem of) v British Columbia (AG), Ben Chifley, Bill of Rights 1689, Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee, British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v British Columbia Government Service Employees' Union, Bushel's Case, Canada, Canada (AG) v Hislop, Canadian Bill of Rights, Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co, Case citation, Case of Prohibitions, Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd, Civil liberties, Common law, Commonwealth v Tasmania, Communist Party of Australia, Concurrence, Constitutional convention (political custom), Contract, Contractual term, Court of Appeal (England and Wales), Court of Appeal of New Zealand, Court of Common Pleas (England), Court of Session, Covenant (law), Criminal Code (Canada), Darcy v Allein, Defence of the Realm Act 1914, Delgamuukw v British Columbia, Delict (Scots law), Dietrich v The Queen, Distinguishing, Donoghue v Stevenson, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd, Duty of care, Egan v Canada, English tort law, Entick v Carrington, Equity (law), Estoppel, European Court of Justice, European Union law, ..., Exchequer of Pleas, Executive (government), Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Fitzgerald v Muldoon, Foakes v Beer, Ford v Quebec (AG), Furniss v Dawson, Gillard Government, Gosselin v Quebec (AG), Hadley v Baxendale, Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd, High Court of Australia, High Court of Justice, High Court of Justiciary, Hunter v Southam Inc, Irwin Toy Ltd v Quebec (AG), James Atkin, Baron Atkin, Judge, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Judicial functions of the House of Lords, Judicial review, Jury, Latin, Law, Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), Legal doctrine, List of European Court of Human Rights judgments, List of European Court of Justice rulings, List of International Court of Justice cases, Lists of case law, London, Mabo v Queensland (No 2), Mahe v Alberta, Marital rape, Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013, Mens rea, Monopoly, Multiple citizenship, National School Chaplaincy Programme, Negative and positive rights, Negligence, New Zealand, New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General, Obiter dictum, Patriation Reference, Peter H. Russell, Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Precedent, Privity in English law, Quebec (AG) v Blaikie (No 1), Queen's Bench, R (Factortame Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport, R v Feeney, R v Marshall, R v Morgentaler, R v Oakes, R v R, R v Sharpe, R v Sparrow, R v Zundel, Rainer Knopff, Ramsay principle, Ratio decidendi, Re Canavan, Re Judiciary and Navigation Acts, Reference Re Anti-Inflation Act, Reference Re BC Motor Vehicle Act, Reference re Provincial Electoral Boundaries (Sask), Robert Menzies, Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom, Rylands v Fletcher, Section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia, Section 51(xxix) of the Constitution of Australia, Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, State supreme court, Strict liability, Supreme Court of Canada, Supreme Court of New Zealand, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Supreme Court of the United States, Sykes v Cleary, Ted Morton, Terra nullius, Test case (law), The Crown, The Moorcock, Tom Denning, Baron Denning, Tort, Tsilhqot'in Nation v British Columbia, Tulk v Moxhay, United Kingdom, United States courts of appeals, William Blackstone, Williams v Commonwealth, Williams v Commonwealth (No 2), 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, 45th Parliament of Australia. Expand index (103 more) »

Abortion

Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.

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Absolute liability

Absolute liability is a standard of legal liability found in tort and criminal law of various legal jurisdictions.

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Actus reus

Actus reus, sometimes called the external element or the objective element of a crime, is the Latin term for the "guilty act" which, when proved beyond a reasonable doubt in combination with the mens rea, "guilty mind", produces criminal liability in the common law-based criminal law jurisdictions of England and Wales, Canada, Australia, India, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland, Nigeria, Ghana, Ireland, Israel and the United States of America.

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Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd

Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, commonly known as the Engineers case,.

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Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia

Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia, 1 SCR 143 is the first Supreme Court of Canada case to deal with section 15 (equality rights) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp

Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd.

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Attorney-General v De Keyser's Royal Hotel Ltd

Attorney-General v De Keyser's Royal Hotel Limited is a leading case in English law decided by the House of Lords in 1920 which exhaustively considered the principles on which the courts decide whether statute has fettered prerogative power.

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Auton (Guardian ad litem of) v British Columbia (AG)

Auton (Guardian ad litem of) v British Columbia (AG), 3 S.C.R. 657, is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada wherein the Court ruled that government funding for non-core medically necessary treatments is not protected under section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Ben Chifley

Joseph Benedict Chifley (22 September 1885 – 13 June 1951) was an Australian politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1945 to 1949.

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Bill of Rights 1689

The Bill of Rights, also known as the English Bill of Rights, is an Act of the Parliament of England that deals with constitutional matters and sets out certain basic civil rights.

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Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee

Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee 1 WLR 582 is an English tort law case that lays down the typical rule for assessing the appropriate standard of reasonable care in negligence cases involving skilled professionals (e.g. doctors): the Bolam test.

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British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v British Columbia Government Service Employees' Union

British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v British Columbia Government Service Employees' Union 3 SCR 3, – called Meiorin for short – is a Supreme Court of Canada case that created a unified test to determine if a violation of human rights legislation can be justified as a ''bona fide'' occupational requirement (BFOR).

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Bushel's Case

Bushel’s Case (1670) 124 E.R. 1006 (also spelled Bushell's Case) is a famous English decision on the role of juries.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canada (AG) v Hislop

Canada (AG) v Hislop, 2007 SCC 10 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on equality rights under section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the retroactivity of Charter remedies.

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Canadian Bill of Rights

The Canadian Bill of Rights (Déclaration canadienne des droits) is a federal statute and bill of rights enacted by Parliament of Canada on August 10, 1960.

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Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company is an English contract law decision by the Court of Appeal, which held an advertisement containing certain terms to get a reward constituted a binding unilateral offer that could be accepted by anyone who performed its terms.

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Case citation

Case citation is a system used by legal professionals to identify past court case decisions, either in series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a neutral style that identifies a decision regardless of where it is reported.

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Case of Prohibitions

Case of Prohibitions is a historical English court decision by Sir Edward Coke.

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Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd

Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd KB 130 (or the High Trees case) is an English contract law decision in the High Court.

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Civil liberties

Civil liberties or personal freedoms are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge, either by law or by judicial interpretation, without due process.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.

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Commonwealth v Tasmania

Commonwealth v Tasmania (popularly known as the Tasmanian Dam Case) was a significant Australian court case, decided in the High Court of Australia on 1 July 1983.

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Communist Party of Australia

The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) was founded in 1920 and dissolved in 1991.

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Concurrence

In Western jurisprudence, concurrence (also contemporaneity or simultaneity) is the apparent need to prove the simultaneous occurrence of both actus reus ("guilty action") and mens rea ("guilty mind"), to constitute a crime; except in crimes of strict liability.

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Constitutional convention (political custom)

A constitutional convention is an informal and uncodified procedural agreement that is followed by the institutions of a state.

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Contract

A contract is a promise or set of promises that are legally enforceable and, if violated, allow the injured party access to legal remedies.

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Contractual term

A contractual term is "Any provision forming part of a contract".

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Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

The Court of Appeal (COA, formally "Her Majesty's Court of Appeal in England") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

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Court of Appeal of New Zealand

The Court of Appeal of New Zealand is principal intermediate appellate court of New Zealand.

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Court of Common Pleas (England)

The Court of Common Pleas, or Common Bench, was a common law court in the English legal system that covered "common pleas"; actions between subject and subject, which did not concern the king.

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Court of Session

The Court of Session (Cùirt an t-Seisein; Coort o Session) is the supreme civil court of Scotland, and constitutes part of the College of Justice; the supreme criminal court of Scotland is the High Court of Justiciary.

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Covenant (law)

A covenant in its most general sense and historical sense, is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action.

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Criminal Code (Canada)

The Criminal Code (Code criminelThe citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by the French text of of this Act.) is a law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada.

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Darcy v Allein

Edward Darcy Esquire v Thomas Allin of London Haberdasher (1602) 74 ER 1131 (also spelled as "Allain" or "Allen" and "Allein" but most widely known as the Case of Monopolies), was an early landmark case in English law, establishing that the grant of exclusive rights to produce any article was improper (monopoly).

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Defence of the Realm Act 1914

The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) was passed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 1914, four days after it entered World War I. It gave the government wide-ranging powers during the war period, such as the power to requisition buildings or land needed for the war effort, or to make regulations creating criminal offences.

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Delgamuukw v British Columbia

Delgamuukw v British Columbia 1997 3 S.C.R. 1010, also known as Delgamuukw v The Queen is a groundbreaking ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada "containing its first definitive statement on the content of Aboriginal title in Canada." The ruling also described the "scope of protection afforded Aboriginal title under the Constitution Act, 1982" as well as defining "how Aboriginal title may be proved." It also outlined the "justification test for infringements of Aboriginal title." In 2017, CBC reported that this case "set a precedent for Indigenous rights and the use of oral testimony in Canadian courts.".

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Delict (Scots law)

Delict in Scots Law is, amongst other things, the responsibility to make reparation caused by breach of a duty of care or, arguably, the duty to refrain from committing such breaches.

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Dietrich v The Queen

Dietrich v The Queen is an important legal case that was decided in the High Court of Australia on 13 November 1992, stemming from an incident that took place on 17 December 1986.

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Distinguishing

In law, to distinguish a case means a court decides the legal reasoning of a precedent case will not wholly apply due to materially different facts between the two cases.

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Donoghue v Stevenson

was a landmark court decision in Scots delict law and English tort law by the House of Lords.

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Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd

, AC 847 is an English contract law case, with relevance for UK competition law decided in the House of Lords.

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Duty of care

In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others.

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Egan v Canada

Egan v Canada, 2 S.C.R. 513 was one of a trilogy of equality rights cases published by a very divided Supreme Court of Canada in the spring of 1995.

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English tort law

English tort law is the law governing implicit civil responsibilities that people have to one another, as opposed to those responsibilities laid out in contracts.

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Entick v Carrington

Entick v Carrington, is a leading case in English law and UK constitutional law establishing the civil liberties of individuals and limiting the scope of executive power.

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Equity (law)

In jurisdictions following the English common law system, equity is the body of law which was developed in the English Court of Chancery and which is now administered concurrently with the common law.

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Estoppel

Estoppel is a judicial device in common law legal systems whereby a court may prevent, or "estop" (a person who performs this is estopped) a person from making assertions or from going back on his or her word.

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European Court of Justice

The European Court of Justice (ECJ), officially just the Court of Justice (Cour de Justice), is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law.

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European Union law

European Union law is the system of laws operating within the member states of the European Union.

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Exchequer of Pleas

The Exchequer of Pleas or Court of Exchequer was a court that dealt with matters of equity, a set of legal principles based on natural law and common law in England and Wales.

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Executive (government)

The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.

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Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner

Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner 1 QB 439, 3 All ER 442, 3 WLR 1120, 52 Cr App R 700, DC is a leading case that illustrates the requirement of concurrence (or coincidence) of actus reus (Latin for "guilty act") and mens rea (Latin for "guilty mind") in order to establish an offence under the criminal law of England and Wales.

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Fitzgerald v Muldoon

Fitzgerald v Muldoon and Others is one of New Zealand's leading constitutional law decisions.

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Foakes v Beer

Foakes v Beer is an English contract law case, which applied the controversial pre-existing duty rule in the context of part payments of debts.

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Ford v Quebec (AG)

Ford v Quebec (AG), 2 SCR 712 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision in which the Court struck down part of the Charter of the French Language, commonly known as "Bill 101".

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Furniss v Dawson

Furniss v. Dawson is an important House of Lords case in the field of UK tax.

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Gillard Government

The Gillard Government was the Government of Australia led by the 27th Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, of the Australian Labor Party.

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Gosselin v Quebec (AG)

Gosselin v Quebec (AG) 2002 4 SCR 429, 2002 SCC 84, is the first claim under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to a right to an adequate level of social assistance.

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Hadley v Baxendale

Hadley v Baxendale is a leading English contract law case.

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Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd

Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd AC 465 is an English tort law case on pure economic loss resulting from a negligent misstatement.

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High Court of Australia

The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia.

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High Court of Justice

The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

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High Court of Justiciary

The High Court of Justiciary is the supreme criminal court in Scotland.

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Hunter v Southam Inc

Hunter v Southam Inc 2 S.C.R. 145 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada privacy rights case and as well is the first Supreme Court decision to consider section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Irwin Toy Ltd v Quebec (AG)

Irwin Toy Ltd v Quebec (AG), 1 S.C.R. 927 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision on freedom of expression in section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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James Atkin, Baron Atkin

James Richard Atkin, Baron Atkin, PC, FBA (28 November 1867 – 25 June 1944), known as Dick Atkin, was a lawyer and judge of Irish, Welsh and Australian origin, who practised in England and Wales.

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Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.

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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for certain British territories and Commonwealth countries.

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Judicial functions of the House of Lords

The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, historically also had a judicial function.

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Judicial review

Judicial review is a process under which executive or legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary.

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Jury

A jury is a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Law

Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.

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Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration)

Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 1 SCR 497 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision.

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Legal doctrine

A legal doctrine is a framework, set of rules, procedural steps, or test, often established through precedent in the common law, through which judgments can be determined in a given legal case.

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List of European Court of Human Rights judgments

The following is a list of notable judgements by the European Court of Human Rights.

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List of European Court of Justice rulings

The following is a list of notable judgments of the European Court of Justice.

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List of International Court of Justice cases

This is a list of contentious cases and advisory opinions brought to the International Court of Justice since its creation in 1946.

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Lists of case law

This list consists of lists of case law.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Mabo v Queensland (No 2)

Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (commonly known as Mabo).

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Mahe v Alberta

Mahe v Alberta, 1 S.C.R. 342 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Marital rape

Marital rape (or spousal rape) is the act of sexual intercourse with one's spouse without the spouse's consent.

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Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013

The Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 was an act of parliament of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly that was intended to legalise same-sex marriage in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

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Mens rea

Mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") is the mental element of a person's intention to commit a crime; or knowledge that one's action or lack of action would cause a crime to be committed.

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Monopoly

A monopoly (from Greek μόνος mónos and πωλεῖν pōleîn) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity.

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Multiple citizenship

Multiple citizenship, dual citizenship, multiple nationality or dual nationality, is a person's citizenship status, in which a person is concurrently regarded as a citizen of more than one state under the laws of those states.

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National School Chaplaincy Programme

The National School Chaplaincy Programme (NSCP), between 2011 and 2014 known as the National School Chaplaincy and Student Welfare Programme, is an Australian federal government programme which funds chaplains in Australian primary and secondary schools.

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Negative and positive rights

Negative and positive rights are rights that oblige either action (positive rights) or inaction (negative rights).

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Negligence

Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General

New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General, also known as the "Lands" case or "SOE" case, was a seminal New Zealand legal decision marking the beginning of the common law development of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

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Obiter dictum

Obiter dictum (usually used in the plural, obiter dicta) is Latin phrase meaning "by the way", that is, a remark in a judgment that is "said in passing".

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Patriation Reference

Reference Re Resolution to amend the Constitution – also known as the Patriation Reference – is a historic Supreme Court of Canada reference case that occurred during negotiations for the patriation of the Constitution of Canada.

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Peter H. Russell

Peter H. Russell O.C. FRSC, is a writer and Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Toronto, Canada, where he taught from 1958 to 1997.

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Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

Plaintiff M70/2011 & Plaintiff M106 of 2011 by his Litigation Guardian v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, was a 6-1 decision, of the High Court of Australia, regarding the movement of asylum seekers to Malaysia under an Australian government policy known colloquially as the Malaysian Solution.

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Precedent

In common law legal systems, a precedent, or authority, is a principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.

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Privity in English law

Privity is a doctrine in English contract law that covers the relationship between parties to a contract and other parties or agents.

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Quebec (AG) v Blaikie (No 1)

Quebec (AG) v Blaikie (No 1), 2 S.C.R. 1016 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on language rights in the Constitution Act, 1867.

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Queen's Bench

The Queen's Bench (or, during the reign of a male monarch, the King's Bench, Cour du banc du Roi) is the superior court in a number of jurisdictions within some of the Commonwealth realms.

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R (Factortame Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport

R (Factortame Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport was a judicial review case taken against the United Kingdom government by a company of Spanish fishermen who claimed that the United Kingdom had breached European Union law by requiring ships to have a majority of British owners if they were to be registered in the UK.

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R v Feeney

R v Feeney, 2 S.C.R. 13 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the right, under section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms against unreasonable search and seizure.

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R v Marshall

R v Marshall (No 1) 3 S.C.R. 456 and R v Marshall (No 2) 3 S.C.R. 533 are two decisions given by the Supreme Court of Canada on a single case regarding a treaty right to fish.

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R v Morgentaler

R v Morgentaler, 1 SCR 30 was a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada which held that the abortion provision in the Criminal Code was unconstitutional because it violated a woman's right under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") to security of person.

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R v Oakes

R v Oakes, 1 SCR 103 is a case decided by the Supreme Court of Canada which established the famous Oakes test, an analysis of the limitations clause (section 1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that allows reasonable limitations on rights and freedoms through legislation if it can be "demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society".

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R v R

is a court judgment delivered in 1991, in which the House of Lords determined that under English criminal law it is possible for a husband to rape his wife.

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R v Sharpe

R v Sharpe, 2001 SCC 2 is a Canadian constitutional rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada.

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R v Sparrow

R v Sparrow, 1 S.C.R. 1075 was an important decision of the Supreme Court of Canada concerning the application of Aboriginal rights under section 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982.

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R v Zundel

R v Zundel 2 S.C.R. 731 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court struck down the provision in the Criminal Code that prohibited publication of false information or news on the basis that it violated the freedom of expression provision under section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Rainer Knopff

Rainer Knopff is a writer, professor of political science at the University of Calgary, Canada, and member of a group known as the Calgary School.

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Ramsay principle

"Ramsay principle" is the shorthand name given to the decision of the House of Lords in two important cases in the field of UK tax, reported in 1982.

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Ratio decidendi

Ratio decidendi (Latin plural rationes decidendi) is a Latin phrase meaning "the reason" or "the rationale for the decision".

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Re Canavan

Re Canavan; Re Ludlam; Re Waters; Re Roberts; Re Joyce; Re Nash; Re Xenophon (commonly referred to as the "Citizenship Seven case") is a set of cases, heard together by the High Court of Australia sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, arising from doubts as to the eligibility of a number of members of Parliament to be elected to Parliament because of section 44(i) of the Constitution.

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Re Judiciary and Navigation Acts

Re Judiciary & navigation Acts 1921 29 CLR 257 is a landmark Australian judgment of the High Court.

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Reference Re Anti-Inflation Act

Reference Re Anti-Inflation Act, 2 S.C.R. 373 was a landmark reference question opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada on the constitutionality of the Anti-Inflation Act.

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Reference Re BC Motor Vehicle Act

Reference Re BC Motor Vehicle Act, 2 SCR 486 was a landmark reference submitted to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the constitutionality of the British Columbia Motor Vehicle Act.

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Reference re Provincial Electoral Boundaries (Sask)

Reference Re Provincial Electoral Boundaries (Sask), 2 S.C.R. 158 is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the right to vote under section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, (20 December 189415 May 1978), was an Australian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966.

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Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom

The royal prerogative is a body of customary authority, privilege, and immunity, recognised in the United Kingdom as the sole prerogative of the Sovereign and the source of many of the executive powers of the British government.

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Rylands v Fletcher

was a decision by the House of Lords which established a new area of English tort law.

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Section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the section that confirms that the rights listed in the Charter are guaranteed.

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Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms contains guaranteed equality rights.

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Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") is the section of the Constitution of Canada that lists what the Charter calls "fundamental freedoms" theoretically applying to everyone in Canada, regardless of whether they are a Canadian citizen, or an individual or corporation.

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Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the section of the Constitution of Canada that guarantees minority language educational rights to French-speaking communities outside Quebec, and, to a lesser extent, English-speaking minorities in Quebec.

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Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982

Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 provides constitutional protection to the indigenous and treaty rights of indigenous peoples in Canada.

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Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia

Section 44 of the Australian Constitution lists the grounds for disqualification on who may become a candidate for election to the Parliament of Australia.

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Section 51(xxix) of the Constitution of Australia

Section 51(xxix) of the Australian Constitution is a subsection of Section 51 of the Australian Constitution that gives the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia the right to legislate with respect to "external affairs".

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Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a constitutional provision that protects an individual's autonomy and personal legal rights from actions of the government in Canada.

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Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms provides everyone in Canada with protection against unreasonable search and seizure.

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State supreme court

In the United States, a state supreme court (known by other names in some states) is the ultimate judicial tribunal in the court system of a particular state (i.e., that state's court of last resort).

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Strict liability

In criminal and civil law, strict liability is a standard of liability under which a person is legally responsible for the consequences flowing from an activity even in the absence of fault or criminal intent on the part of the defendant.

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Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada (Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada, the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system.

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Supreme Court of New Zealand

The Supreme Court of New Zealand (in Māori: Te Kōti Mana Nui) is the highest court and the court of last resort of New Zealand, having formally come into existence on 1 January 2004.

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Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the supreme court in all matters under English and Welsh law, Northern Irish law and Scottish civil law.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Sykes v Cleary

Sykes v Cleary.

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Ted Morton

Frederick Lee Morton (born March 28, 1949), known commonly as Ted Morton, is a Canadian politician and former cabinet minister in the Alberta government.

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Terra nullius

Terra nullius (plural terrae nullius) is a Latin expression meaning "nobody's land", and is a principle sometimes used in international law to describe territory that may be acquired by a state's occupation of it.

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Test case (law)

In case law, a test case is a legal action whose purpose is to set a precedent.

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The Crown

The Crown is the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their sub-divisions (such as Crown dependencies, provinces, or states).

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The Moorcock

The Moorcock (1889) 14 PD 64 is a leading English contract law case which incepted an important test for identifying the main terms the law will imply into commercial (non-consumer) agreements, that is those "necessary and obvious...to give business efficacy".

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Tom Denning, Baron Denning

Alfred Thompson “Tom” Denning, Baron Denning, (23 January 1899 – 5 March 1999) was an English lawyer and judge.

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Tort

A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.

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Tsilhqot'in Nation v British Columbia

is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada which established Aboriginal land title for the Tsilhqot'in First Nation, with larger effects.

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Tulk v Moxhay

Tulk v Moxhay is a landmark English land law case that decided that in certain cases a restrictive covenant can "run with the land" (i.e. a future owner will be subject to the restriction) in equity.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States courts of appeals

The United States courts of appeals or circuit courts are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal court system.

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William Blackstone

Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist, judge and Tory politician of the eighteenth century.

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Williams v Commonwealth

Williams v Commonwealth of Australia.

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Williams v Commonwealth (No 2)

Williams v Commonwealth of Australia HCA 23 (also known as Williams (No 2)) judgment of the High Court.

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2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis

In 2017, the eligibility of a number of Australian members of Parliament to be elected to the Parliament of Australia was called into question.

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45th Parliament of Australia

The 45th Parliament of Australia is a meeting of the legislative branch of the Australian federal government, composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives.

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