Judicial Board

The Judicial Board is a body of the Board of Directors which has the authority to render opinions on matters which the Constitution or Internal Regulations specify.

Powers

They do not have the authority to bind the board of directors but they can render opinions on the following:

• Constitution, Internal Regulations, Policies, and Plans of the Society and the resolution of conflicts between provisions of the Internal Regulations, in accordance with the provisions relating to interpretation set out in the Internal Regulations of Governance-01
• Any acts of the Legislative Council or Executive committee which violates the Constitution or Internal Regulation
•  Interpretation of all motions and resolutions passed by the Legislative Council, including the authority to declare invalid any act of the Legislative Council or the Executive Committee which violates the Constitution or Internal Regulation
• Interpretation of all procedures, questions and results of all Elections and Referenda, including the authority to declare invalid any Referenda or Election that violates the Constitution or Internal Regulations and to order the placing of a Referendum question on a ballot in cases of undue procedural delay
• Interpretation of the constitutions of Clubs and Services of the Society, including the authority to declare invalid any act of a Club or Service which violates the Constitution or Internal Regulations or its own constitution
• Interpretation of any other Governance Documents of Clubs and Services of the Society as requested.

The Judicial Board consists of seven students, and has responsibilities as outlined in Article 30 of the SSMU Constitution. The Judicial Board can be contacted at jboard@ssmu.ca

If you are interested in filing a petition with the Judicial Board, or simply want to understand how the Judicial Board functions, please consult the SSMU Judicial Board Internal Procedures. Students are encouraged to contact the Legal Information Clinic at McGill for assistance in relation to Judicial Board cases.

Please click here for the P-1 Form (Petition for Hearing).
Please click here for the R-1 Form (Position of Respondent).
Please click here for the I-1 Form (Application for Intervention).

Documents

Hearing Notice – Clauss v SSMU 2022-04-01
Final Judgment – Students in Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights McGill (SPHR) vs Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) 2021-11-17
Final Judgment-Reference re Motion on Divest for Human Rights Policy 2021-04-23
Final Decision Reference re Applicability to the Society’s Services of the 2016 Reference re Legality of the BDS Motion and Similar Motions 2021-04-14
Reference re Interpretation and Scope of the Reference re Legality of the BDS Motion and Similar Motions 2021-01-19
Final Judgment (Post-Appeal) Miller v SSMU 2020-09-02
Final Judgment (Pre-Appeal) Miller v SSMU 2020-08-17
Preliminary Decision Miller v SSMU 2020-07-29
Interim Order Miller v SSMU 2020-07-05
Final Judgment – EdUS 2020-06-15
Preliminary Decision – EdUS 2020-06-04
Final Judgment – Kohn v SUS 2020-05-19
Interim Order – EdUS 2020-02-21
Judgement – Buraga v Mansdoerfer and Wang 2018-12-02
Reference re Legality of the BDS Motion and Similar Motions
Judicial Board – Final Judgement Glustein v Koparkar 2017-12-31
Interim Order – Glustein v Koparkar 2017-10-28
Judicial Board – Khan v Elections SSMU 2014-04-29
Judicial Board – Newburgh and Steven vs Tacoma 2012-02-14

The Judicial Board

	Position	Name	Email Address
	Chief Justice	Vanessa Erhirhie	jboard@ssmu.ca
	Justice	Jaiden Medford	justice5@ssmu.ca
	Justice	Natacha Radenkovic	justice4@ssmu.ca
	Justice	TBD	justice3@ssmu.ca
	Justice	TBD	justice2@ssmu.ca
	Justice	TBD	justice1@ssmu.ca