What is the effect of having five judges on a single appeal?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Mount Currie Indian Band, 1991 CanLII 5712 (BC CA):
We sat as a court of five on this appeal because counsel for the appellant wished to argue that Moses v. R. should be overruled either as per incuriam or as simply wrong.
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