THE COURT'S OFFICE VIA EMAIL AT: CAD-DIVISIONRJ@PBCGOV.ORG Zoom Information for Hearings (Not applicable for PRETRIAL/MEDIATION) Meeting Link:Zoom Link Meeting ID:853 8757 7739 No passcode necessary Dial by your location: US Toll-free 877-853-5257 US Toll-free 888-475-4499 Trial Docket Trial Docket 05/17/21 - 05/30/21 Pretrial Docket Meanwhile, judicial appointments to judicial posts in the so-called "inferior" or "provincial" courts are made by the local provincial governments. The Tax Court has the jurisdiction to hear appeals under various statutes. A judge should not impugn the integrity or professionalism of any lawyer on the basis of the lawyers clients or cause. Because a tribunal is not bound by legal precedent, established by itself or by a reviewing court, a tribunal is not a court even though it performs an important adjudicative function and contributes to the development of law like a court would do. In superior courts, lawyers wear black robes and white neck tabs, like barristers in the United Kingdom, but they do not wear wigs. In 1935, the Judicial Committee upheld the constitutional validity of that amendment.[11]. Social Study & Parenting Plan Facilitation, Division Forms, Calendars, & Requirements, Judge Lynn N. Silvertooth Judicial Center. The Supreme Court is established by the Supreme Court Act[3] as the "General Court of Appeal for Canada". The degree of deference will also depend on such factors as the specific wording of the legislation creating the tribunal. [6] The 1875 Act built upon the proposals introduced by the Macdonald government, and passed with all-party support. Following the principles of English common law, because the superior courts derive their authority from the Constitution, they can hear any matter unless there is a federal or provincial statute that says otherwise or that gives exclusive jurisdiction to some other court or tribunal. In other words, a tribunal adjudicator could legally make a decision that differs from a past decision, on the same subject and issues, delivered by the highest court in the land. These courts are usually the successors of older local courts presided over by lay magistrates and justices of the peace who did not necessarily have formal legal training.