Provincial Fisheries Reference

{{Short description|1898 Canadian case}}

{{Infobox court case

|name = AG Canada v Provincial AGs

|court = Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

|date decided = 26 May 1898

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|full name = The Attorneys General for the Provinces of Ontario v The Attorney General for the Dominion of Canada

|citations = 1898 UKPC 30

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|appealed from =Supreme Court of Canada

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|number of judges = 8

|decision by = Lord Herschell

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|judges = Lord Herschell, Lord Watson, Lord Macnaghten, Lord Morris, Lord Shand, Lord Davey, Sir Henry De Villiers, The Lord Chancellor

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The Provincial Fisheries Reference was a lawsuit decided in 1898 by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC). It arose from a government turf war in Canada over the jurisdictional boundaries of property rights in relation to rivers, lakes, harbours, fisheries, and other cognate subjects. The 12-page judgment was delivered by Lord Hershell, and followed on from R v Robertson (1882).[http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/1898/1898_30.html bailii.org: "The Attorneys General for the Provinces of Ontario v The Attorney General for the Dominion of Canada (Canada)] [1898] UKPC 30 (26 May 1898) This case in the JCPC was an amalgamation of three separate Supreme Court of Canada appeals, which were grouped into one because of their similarities. The judgment broke little ground, and can be considered a ringing affirmation of the Strong court.{{according to whom|date=June 2017}}