Court of Appeal for Ontario
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The Court of Appeal for Ontario is the appellate court for the province of Ontario, Canada. The seat of the court is Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto.
A courtroom at Osgoode Hall. Over the dais are the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom, which until 1931 were the Royal Arms for general purposes throughout the British Empire. The Statute of Westminster 1931 effectively elevated the Royal Arms of Canada to the position of the King's Royal Arms for general purposes across Canada, which is why the Royal Arms of Canada are now used in courtrooms built since 1931 to represent the Canadian Crown.
Supreme Court of Canada
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The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada. It comprises nine justices, whose decisions are the ultimate application of Canadian law, and grants permission to be
Court of Appeal for Ontario
…supernumerary. They hear over 1,500 appeals each year, on issues of private law, constitutional law, criminal law, administrative law and other matters. The Supreme Court of Canada hears appeals from less than 3% of the decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, therefore in a practical sense, the Court of Appeal is the last…
Courtroom inside the Second Supreme Court of Canada building in April 1890
The justices of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1961
Courtroom seats used by the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
Richard Wagner, the current chief justice (since 2017)