What jurisdiction does a court have in making a decision that violates section 7 of the Charter?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Ross, 2011 SKQB 61 (CanLII):
Decisions which violate s. 7 of the Charter, the common law duty of procedural fairness or the requisite statutory duties are not within the jurisdiction of the decision-maker and are thus unlawful as stated in May v. Ferndale, supra, at para. 77.
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