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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga,

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5 cases
Document | – 2021
ViiV Healthcare Company v Gilead Sciences Canada, Inc.
"...v. Canada (Attorney General), 2016 FCA 79, [2016] 4 F.C.R. 268; Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22, 459 D.L.R. (4th) 425; Manitoba v. Canada, 2015 FCA 57, 470 N.R. 187; Milano Pizza Ltd. v. 6034799 Canada Inc., 2018 FC 1112, 159 C.P.R. (4th) ..."
Document | Federal Court of Appeal (Canada) – 2023
Canada v. Witchekan Lake First Nation,
"...at paras. 49 and 66; ViiV Healthcare at paras. 32-34; see also Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at para. 25 [Aga] and Manitoba v. Canada, 2015 FCA 57, 470 N.R. 187 at para. 11 [32] Put another way, a case ought not to proceed to trial, with..."
Document | – 2025
PR Construction Ltd v Colony Management Inc.,
"...to be legally bound by the essential terms offered and accepted: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paras 35–37; and Ron Ghitter Property Consultants Ltd v Beaver Lumber Company Limited, 2003 ABCA 221 at para 9 [ Ghitter]. Consideration for..."
Document | – 2025
2025 BCSC 1003,
"...of Contract in Canada, 6th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2011) at 15; Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paras. 36–37 [ Ethiopian Orthodox]. The court must consider “how each party's conduct would appear to a reasonable person in the position of..."
Document | Court of Appeal (Alberta) – 2024
Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction Ltd v Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Ltd,
"...relying in particular on the reasoning of Rowe J in Rowe J. in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paras 35–38, [2021] 1 SCR 868. This reasoning is not assailed before me or the Court 14 As pointed out in Equustek Solution, 2017 SCC 34 at pa..."

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5 books and journal articles
Document | The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition – 2023
Table of cases
"...42 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 .................................................................... 572 Euro United Corp (Interim Receiver of v Rehani, [2003] OJ No 2426 (Sup Ct J) ..........................................................."
Document | Freedom of Conscience and Religion - Second Edition – 2024
Table of Cases
"...District School Board, 2017 ONCA 893 .................... 84 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 ............................................................................... 166– 69 Everson v Board of Education, 330 US 1 (1947) ................."
Document | The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition – 2023
Specific Performance: Contracts of Personal Service and Other Service Obligations
"...of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall , 2018 SCC 26; Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga , 2021 SCC 22. 26 McCaw v United Church of Canada (1991), 4 OR (3d) 481 (CA). See also Frogley v Ottawa Presbytery of the United Church of Canada (1995), 16..."
Document | Núm. 73, January 2022 – 2022
Religion, Public Law, and the Refuge of Formalism.
"...Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall, 2018 SCC 26 [Walt], (9) Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 (10) Benjamin L Berger, "Liberal Constitutionalism and the Unsettling of the Secular" in Rex Ahdar, ed, Research Handbook on Law and Religion (Nor..."
Document | Freedom of Conscience and Religion - Second Edition – 2024
The Autonomy of Religious Organizations
"...Court thought that such an intention is more likely to exist where property or employment 127 Ibid at para 12. 128 Ibid at para 28. 129 2021 SCC 22 [ Ethiopian Orthodox ]. 130 Ibid at para 29. 131 Ibid at para 31. 132 Ibid. 133 Ibid at para 33. The Autonomy of Religious Organizations 169 is..."

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5 firm's commentaries
Document | Mondaq Canada – 2024
Why Your Charity Should Rethink Volunteer Policies: Lessons From A Court Decision
"...this case from others involving religious organizations, such asEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga (2021 SCC 22) ("Aga") which I have commented on previously. The case does not meaningfully advance the current state of the common law with respect to the l..."
Document | Mondaq Canada – 2021
Why It Matters That The Supreme Court Decision Reinforced The Existence Of Hidden Contracts In Charity/Nonprofit Governance
"...even if the question involved religious matters. The May 21, 2021, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga (2021 SCC 22) ("Aga") decision rendered by the Supreme Court considered the assertion made by five former members of the congregation of the Ethiopian Or..."
Document | Mondaq Canada – 2023
Use Of A Thumbs-up Emoji Creates A Valid And Binding Contract
"...with one another. As determined by the Supreme Court of Canada in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paragraph 38, the nature of the parties' relationship and the interest at stake will help inform whether there was an intention to create ..."
Document | Mondaq Canada – 2021
Beyond Review: Supreme Court Of Canada Confirms Courts Are Unlikely To Interfere With Voluntary Associations
"...Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 [Ethiopian Orthodox] the Supreme Court of Canada elaborated on the circumstances in which courts will intervene in the affairs of voluntary associations, including religious congregations. To enforce the rules of a vol..."
Document | JD Supra Canada – 2021
Beyond Review: Supreme Court of Canada Confirms Courts are Unlikely to Interfere with Voluntary Associations
"...Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 [Ethiopian Orthodox] the Supreme Court of Canada elaborated on the circumstances in which courts will intervene in the affairs of voluntary associations, including religious congregations. To enforce the rules of a vol..."

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5 books and journal articles
Document | The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition – 2023
Table of cases
"...42 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 .................................................................... 572 Euro United Corp (Interim Receiver of v Rehani, [2003] OJ No 2426 (Sup Ct J) ..........................................................."
Document | Freedom of Conscience and Religion - Second Edition – 2024
Table of Cases
"...District School Board, 2017 ONCA 893 .................... 84 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 ............................................................................... 166– 69 Everson v Board of Education, 330 US 1 (1947) ................."
Document | The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition – 2023
Specific Performance: Contracts of Personal Service and Other Service Obligations
"...of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall , 2018 SCC 26; Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga , 2021 SCC 22. 26 McCaw v United Church of Canada (1991), 4 OR (3d) 481 (CA). See also Frogley v Ottawa Presbytery of the United Church of Canada (1995), 16..."
Document | Núm. 73, January 2022 – 2022
Religion, Public Law, and the Refuge of Formalism.
"...Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall, 2018 SCC 26 [Walt], (9) Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 (10) Benjamin L Berger, "Liberal Constitutionalism and the Unsettling of the Secular" in Rex Ahdar, ed, Research Handbook on Law and Religion (Nor..."
Document | Freedom of Conscience and Religion - Second Edition – 2024
The Autonomy of Religious Organizations
"...Court thought that such an intention is more likely to exist where property or employment 127 Ibid at para 12. 128 Ibid at para 28. 129 2021 SCC 22 [ Ethiopian Orthodox ]. 130 Ibid at para 29. 131 Ibid at para 31. 132 Ibid. 133 Ibid at para 33. The Autonomy of Religious Organizations 169 is..."

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Document | – 2021
ViiV Healthcare Company v Gilead Sciences Canada, Inc.
"...v. Canada (Attorney General), 2016 FCA 79, [2016] 4 F.C.R. 268; Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22, 459 D.L.R. (4th) 425; Manitoba v. Canada, 2015 FCA 57, 470 N.R. 187; Milano Pizza Ltd. v. 6034799 Canada Inc., 2018 FC 1112, 159 C.P.R. (4th) ..."
Document | Federal Court of Appeal (Canada) – 2023
Canada v. Witchekan Lake First Nation,
"...at paras. 49 and 66; ViiV Healthcare at paras. 32-34; see also Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at para. 25 [Aga] and Manitoba v. Canada, 2015 FCA 57, 470 N.R. 187 at para. 11 [32] Put another way, a case ought not to proceed to trial, with..."
Document | – 2025
PR Construction Ltd v Colony Management Inc.,
"...to be legally bound by the essential terms offered and accepted: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paras 35–37; and Ron Ghitter Property Consultants Ltd v Beaver Lumber Company Limited, 2003 ABCA 221 at para 9 [ Ghitter]. Consideration for..."
Document | – 2025
2025 BCSC 1003,
"...of Contract in Canada, 6th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2011) at 15; Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paras. 36–37 [ Ethiopian Orthodox]. The court must consider “how each party's conduct would appear to a reasonable person in the position of..."
Document | Court of Appeal (Alberta) – 2024
Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction Ltd v Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Ltd,
"...relying in particular on the reasoning of Rowe J in Rowe J. in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paras 35–38, [2021] 1 SCR 868. This reasoning is not assailed before me or the Court 14 As pointed out in Equustek Solution, 2017 SCC 34 at pa..."

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5 firm's commentaries
Document | Mondaq Canada – 2024
Why Your Charity Should Rethink Volunteer Policies: Lessons From A Court Decision
"...this case from others involving religious organizations, such asEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga (2021 SCC 22) ("Aga") which I have commented on previously. The case does not meaningfully advance the current state of the common law with respect to the l..."
Document | Mondaq Canada – 2021
Why It Matters That The Supreme Court Decision Reinforced The Existence Of Hidden Contracts In Charity/Nonprofit Governance
"...even if the question involved religious matters. The May 21, 2021, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga (2021 SCC 22) ("Aga") decision rendered by the Supreme Court considered the assertion made by five former members of the congregation of the Ethiopian Or..."
Document | Mondaq Canada – 2023
Use Of A Thumbs-up Emoji Creates A Valid And Binding Contract
"...with one another. As determined by the Supreme Court of Canada in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga, 2021 SCC 22 at paragraph 38, the nature of the parties' relationship and the interest at stake will help inform whether there was an intention to create ..."
Document | Mondaq Canada – 2021
Beyond Review: Supreme Court Of Canada Confirms Courts Are Unlikely To Interfere With Voluntary Associations
"...Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 [Ethiopian Orthodox] the Supreme Court of Canada elaborated on the circumstances in which courts will intervene in the affairs of voluntary associations, including religious congregations. To enforce the rules of a vol..."
Document | JD Supra Canada – 2021
Beyond Review: Supreme Court of Canada Confirms Courts are Unlikely to Interfere with Voluntary Associations
"...Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 [Ethiopian Orthodox] the Supreme Court of Canada elaborated on the circumstances in which courts will intervene in the affairs of voluntary associations, including religious congregations. To enforce the rules of a vol..."

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