Crown Liability and Proceedings Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-50)

Marginal note:Concurrent jurisdiction of provincial court

• 21 (1) In all cases where a claim is made against the Crown, except where the Federal Court has exclusive jurisdiction with respect to it, the superior court of the province in which the claim arises has concurrent jurisdiction with respect to the subject-matter of the claim.

• Marginal note:Where proceedings pending in Federal Court

  (2) No court in a province has jurisdiction to entertain any proceedings taken by a person if proceedings taken by that person in the Federal Court in respect of the same cause of action, whether taken before or after the proceedings are taken in the court, are pending.