List of Newfoundland cases of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases (pre-1949) This page lists cases appealed from the Newfoundland courts to the

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for the Crown Dependencies, the British Overseas Territories, some Commonwealth countries and a few institutions in the United Kingdom. Established on 14 Aug ...

, prior to 1949. Before 1949, Newfoundland was a separate British possession, with

Dominion status The term ''Dominion'' is used to refer to one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire. "Dominion status" was first accorded to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State at the 1926 ...

from 1907 to 1949. An appeal lay from the Newfoundland courts to the

, the highest court in the British Empire and Commonwealth. In 1949, Newfoundland joined

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

as a

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. In the same year, Canada ended all appeals from Canadian courts to the Judicial Committee, but court cases begun prior to the abolition date could still be appealed to the Judicial Committee. Cases begun after the abolition date could be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada.''An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act'', SC 1949, c 37 (2d Sess.)

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Canada and the Commonwealth of Nations