Can you collaterally attack a final order's
determination of subject matter jurisdiction on appeal of a subsequent final order?
Not exact matches
This is certainly true in Wisconsin: «When the action is an action affecting the family, and when the residence requirements... have been met, a court having
subject matter jurisdiction need not have grounds for personal
jurisdiction in order to make a
determination of the status
of a marriage.»
In Reasons issued on behalf
of a unanimous court, Justice LeBel reiterated that
jurisdiction must be based upon a «real and substantial connection» between a particular forum and the
subject matter of the litigation and that the
determination of whether there is such a connection must not be a
matter of pure judicial discretion but, rather, be based upon a clear set
of presumptive factors that will be applied to whether the courts
of a particular province can take
jurisdiction.
As per counsel's interpretation
of Dunsmuir v New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9 (CanLII), Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v Alberta Teachers» Association, 2011 SCC 61 (CanLII) and Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses» Union v Newfoundland and Labrador (Treasury Board), 2011 SCC 62 (CanLII), where a tribunal is asked to determine its own
jurisdiction over a
matter (and interpret its home statute) these
determinations are
subject to deference on judicial review.