Law360 Canada ( June 30, 2021, 3:36 PM EDT) -- Appeal by the Attorney General of Quebec and others from a reference decision of the Court of Appeal of Quebec that concluded article 35 of Quebec’s Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) was unconstitutional. Appeal by the Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec and others from the Court of Appeal’s conclusion that the application of the obligation of judicial deference to administrative appeals to the Court of Quebec was compatible with s. 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867. Article 35 of the CPP granted the Court of Quebec exclusive jurisdiction over all civil disputes in which the value of the subject matter or the amount claimed was less than $85,000. Decisions rendered in exercising the jurisdiction provided for in article 35 could be appealed to the Quebec Court of Appeal but not to the Superior Court. In response to legal proceedings commenced by justices of the Superior Court, the Quebec government filed a notice of reference with the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal concluded article 35 was unconstitutional because it infringed on the core jurisdiction of the Superior Court to adjudicate certain substantial civil disputes....