List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1950–1959

This page lists all cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council originating in Canada, and decided in the years 1950 to 1959.

From 1867 to 1949, the JCPC was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundland). During this period, its decisions on Canadian appeals were binding precedent on all Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Any decisions from this era that the Supreme Court of Canada has not overruled since gaining appellate supremacy in 1949 remain good law, and continue to bind all Canadian courts other than the Supreme Court.

The Parliament of Canada abolished appeals to the JCPC of criminal cases in 1933 and civil cases in 1949. Ongoing cases that had begun before those dates remained appealable to the JCPC. The final JCPC ruling on a Canadian case was rendered in 1959, in Ponoka-Calmar Oils v Wakefield.

Case list

Summary by year and result

Summary by jurisdiction and court appealed from

See also

• List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1867–1869
• List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1870–1879
• List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1880–1889
• List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1890–1899
• List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1900–1909
• List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1910–1919
• List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1920–1929
• List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1930–1939
• List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1940–1949

Sources

• British and Irish Legal Information Institute: Privy Council Decisions
• 1950 Privy Council Decisions
• 1951 Privy Council Decisions
• 1952 Privy Council Decisions
• 1953 Privy Council Decisions
• 1954 Privy Council Decisions
• 1955 Privy Council Decisions
• 1956 Privy Council Decisions
• 1957 Privy Council Decisions
• 1958 Privy Council Decisions
• 1959 Privy Council Decisions