Provincial Fisheries Reference
| AG Canada v Provincial AGs | |
|---|---|
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| Court | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council |
| Full case name | The Attorneys General for the Provinces of Ontario v The Attorney General for the Dominion of Canada |
| Decided | 26 May 1898 |
| Citation(s) | 1898 UKPC 30 |
| Case history | |
| Appealed from | Supreme Court of Canada |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Lord Herschell, Lord Watson, Lord Macnaghten, Lord Morris, Lord Shand, Lord Davey, Sir Henry De Villiers, The Lord Chancellor |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | Lord Herschell |
The Provincial Fisheries Reference was a lawsuit decided in 1898 by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC). It arose from a government turf war in Canada over the jurisdictional boundaries of property rights in relation to rivers, lakes, harbours, fisheries, and other cognate subjects. The 12-page judgment was delivered by Lord Hershell, and followed on from R v Robertson (1882).[1] This one case in the JCPC was in reality an amalgamation of three separate Supreme Court of Canada appeals, which were grouped into one because of their similarities. The judgment broke little ground, and can be considered a ringing affirmation of the Strong court.[according to whom?]