Does the Court have an inherent power to control proceedings with which it seized?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Pelletier, 1995 CanLII 9081 (AB QB):

She then cites Vaillancourt v. R. (1981), 1981 CanLII 163 (SCC), 58 C.C.C. (2d) 31 (S.C.C.), as authority for the proposition that there is implied in this inherent power the right of the court to control proceedings with which it is seized to penalize abuses, and to maintain its authority.

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