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Out of Bounds: Can a Court Sit Outside its Home Jurisdiction?

This case comment considers three related first-instance decisions in which Canadian courts held that they could hold hearings in a location outside their home province. The comment questions the reasoning offered in support by the courts, both on the issue of their inherent jurisdiction to so hold hearings and on the issue of the open court principle. Two of these decisions were appealed to the provincial court of appeal and a further appeal is pending to the Supreme Court of Canada.