Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 2, Administration of FOIP. Updated 7 March 2023. 36 An appeal to the court begins with an application to the Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan and may be appealed further by any party. For more on the process of appealing to the Court of King’s Bench see the Guide to FOIP, Chapter 3, “Access to Records” or IPC resource, Guide to Appealing the Decision of a Head of a Government Institution, or a Local Authority, or a Health Trustee. The levels of an appeal follow a hierarchical model as follows: 1. Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan 2. Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan 3. Supreme Court of Canada42 Judges are required to give reasons for their decisions. These reasons may be contained in a written judgement of the court or may be given orally in court. Sometimes judges may do both – giving their decision orally in court with written reasons for the decision following at a later date.43 These judgments or orders are binding on the parties. The Queen’s Bench Rules, Part 10: Judgments and Orders at section 10-22 states: 10-22 Every order of the Court in any cause or matter may be enforced against all persons bound by the order in the same manner as a judgement to the same effect. The Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan consists of a Chief Justice, an Associate Chief Justice, and currently 3644 other judges. Each King’s Bench judge is assigned to a specific judicial centre, but because the Court is an itinerant45 court, the judges also travel to and sit in other judicial centres.46 In Saskatchewan, there are court locations in: 42 Courts of Saskatchewan, Resources, Court Structure. Available at https://sasklawcourts.ca/index.php/home/resources/learn-about-the-courts-resources/court-structure. 43 Courts of Saskatchewan at https://sasklawcourts.ca/index.php/home/decisions. 44 Courts of Saskatchewan at https://sasklawcourts.ca/index.php/home/court-of-queen-sbench/judges. Accessed February 4, 2020. 45 “Itinerate” (of a judge) means to travel on a circuit for the purpose of holding court - Garner, Bryan A., 2019. Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 997. 46 Courts of Saskatchewan at https://sasklawcourts.ca/index.php/home/court-of-queen-sbench/judges. See also The Queen's Bench Act, 1998, RSS c Q-1.01 at s. 4.
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