British Coal Corp v R
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British Coal Corp v R is a decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in which the authority of the Canadian Parliament to prohibit appeals to the JCPC in criminal cases was upheld.[1]
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British Coal Corp v R | |
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Court | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
Full case name | British Coal Corporation v the King |
Decided | 6 June 1935 |
Citation(s) | [1935] UKPC 33, [1935] AC 500 |
Case history | |
Appealed from | Court of King's Bench for the Province of Quebec (Appeal Side) |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Viscount Sankey, Lord Atkin, Lord Tomlin, Lord Macmillan, Lord Wright |
Case opinions | |
Decision by | Viscount Sankey |
Keywords | |
Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865, Statute of Westminster 1931, current competency of the Parliament of Canada |
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