What is the test for a court to exercise inherent jurisdiction?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from H.N.M.L. v. C.P.J.L., 2010 SKQB 456 (CanLII):
Firstly, the court should be careful to ensure that the purported exercise of inherent jurisdiction does not overtly conflict with a statute or rule of law. See Halstead v. Anderson, supra, at paragraph 36.
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