Is there any case law supporting the doctrine of trial by jury?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Reilly v. Rowley, 1998 CanLII 4358 (BC SC):
In King v. Colonial Homes Ltd., 1956 CanLII 13 (SCC), [1956] 4 D.L.R. (2d) 561 (S.C.C.), Cartwright J. (later Chief Justice) delivering the judgment of the court, said at page 566: This court has more than once affirmed that the right to trial by jury is a substantive right of great importance of which a party ought not to be deprived except for cogent reasons....
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