Manuel v Attorney-General

Subject Matter

CROWN — Canada — Treaty obligations to Indian peoples — Canadian constitution, amendment to — Whether Crown in right of United Kingdom owing treaty obligations to Canadian Indians — Canada Act 1982

[1983] Ch 77; [1982] 3 WLR 821

STATUTE — Validity — Public general Act — Act to amend constitution of Canada — Express declaration that Canada requested and consented to enactment — Plea that provisions of Statute of Westminster not complied with — Application to strike out plea as showing no reasonable cause of action — Whether arguable — Whether litigant entitled to impugn Act — Statute of Westminster 1931, ss 4, 7(1) — Canada Act 1982, preamble

[1983] Ch 77; [1982] 3 WLR 821