Is there a common law right to a jury?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Skretting Canada Inc. v. Westaqua Commodity Group Ltd. et al., 2010 BCSC 1614 (CanLII):

There is a common law right to a jury. A party ought not to be deprived of this important right except for cogent reasons: King v. Colonial Homes Ltd., 1956 CanLII 13 (SCC), [1956] S.C.R. 528 at 533.

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