What authority does the Court have to quash a committal for trial for lack of jurisdiction?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Mitchell, 1976 CanLII 321 (AB QB):
That authority leaves no room for doubt that certiorari is available to quash a committal for trial for lack (or excess) of jurisdiction. It is no longer necessary to consider the earlier conflicting cases, which were extensively reviewed in the judgment of Laskin J.A. (as he then was) in Regina v. Botting, supra.
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