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April 16, 1999  536 - 608 (INDEX)                                                          le 16 avril 1999

CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Adele Rosemary Breese (née Gruenke)

Terence C. Semenuk

Singleton Urquhart Scott

v. (21410)

Her Majesty the Queen (Man.)

R. Saull

Manitoba Deputy Minister of Justice

DATE DE PRODUCTION 10.3.1999

Stephen M. Byer et al.

Stephen M. Byer

v. (26539)

Bernardo Reyes (Que.)

David Joanisse

Heenan Blaikie, G.P.

DATE DE PRODUCTION 3.2.1999

Austin Ralph “Joe” Bunn

Robert J. Reynolds

Reynolds O’Brien Kline & Selick

v. (26918)

Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

Sandy Tse

A.G. of Ontario

DATE DE PRODUCTION 15.3.1999

Ronald Clement

Carl Mandrish

v. (27078)

The Attorney General for Ontario et al. (Ont.)

Susan Freeborn

A.G. for Ontario

DATE DE PRODUCTION 11.3.1999

The British Columbia College of Teachers

Thomas R. Berger, Q.C.

Berger & Nelson

v. (27168)

Trinity Western University et al. (B.C.)

Robert G. Kuhn

Kuhn & Company

DATE DE PRODUCTION 25.2.1999

Monica Lynn Tailleur et al.

Harry O. Moffet

Weir Bowen

v. (27169)

Joseph Sendziak et al. (Alta.)

Rose M. Carter

Bennett Jones

DATE DE PRODUCTION 1.3.1999

Dr. Phillip Godfrey Ashmore

Christopher E. Hinkson, Q.C.

Harper Grey Easton

v. (27171)

Melanie Ann Van Mol et al. (B.C.)

John D. McAlpine, Q.C.

McAlpine Gudmundseth Mickelson

DATE DE PRODUCTION 5.3.1999

Ontario Nurses’ Association

Elizabeth J. McIntyre

Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish

v. (27176)

Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital et al. (Ont.)

Douglas K. Gray

Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie

DATE DE PRODUCTION 15.3.1999

Fernand Gosselin

Jacques Ladouceur

Cliche, Lortie et Ladouceur

c. (27178)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.)

John Tymchyk

Bureau des substituts du procureur général

DATE DE PRODUCTION 9.3.1999

O’Shanter Development Company

Robert A. Maxwell

Gardiner, Roberts

v. (27179)

Timothy Bartholomew Minott (Ont.)

James C. Morton

Steinberg Morton Frymer

DATE DE PRODUCTION 8.3.1999

Bert Moxham

David G. MacKay

MacKay & McLean

v. (27180)

Her Majesty the Queen in the Right of Canada et al. (F.C.A.)

F. William Johnson

Gerrand Rath Johnson

DATE DE PRODUCTION 17.3.1999

David Kevin Lindsay

David Kevin Lindsay

v. (27181)

The Provincial Government of Manitoba et al. (Man.)

Denis Guenette

Dept. of Justice

DATE DE PRODUCTION 11.3.1999

Hélène Mailloux et al.

Louis Masson

Joli-Coeur, Lacasse, Lemieux, Simard, St-Pierre

c. (27182)

Jean-Pierre Beltrami et al. (Qué.)

Bernard Godbout

Kronström, Desjardins

DATE DE PRODUCTION 11.3.1999

Paul MacPherson et al.

M. James O’Grady, Q.C.

O’Grady & Young

v. (27184)

Adga Systems International Inc. et al . (Ont.)

David Debenham

Yegendorf, Brazeau, Seller, Prehogan, Wyllie

DATE DE PRODUCTION 12.3.1999

Nicholas Y. Bonamy

Nicholas Y. Bonamy

Vancouver Pre-Trial Services Centre

v. (27185)

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

Barbara Burns

Dept. of Justice

DATE DE PRODUCTION 10.3.1999

The City of Edmonton

Eric F. Macklin, Q.C.

Duncan & Craig

v. (27186)

Protection Mutual Insurance Company (Alta.)

Eric Groody

Code Hunter Wittman

DATE DE PRODUCTION 12.3.1999

Derek Alchimowicz

Harvey T. Strosberg, Q.C.

Gignac, Sutts

v. (27187)

Robert Schram et al. (Ont.)

Bert Raphael, Q.C.

Paroian, Raphael, Courey, Cohen & Houston

DATE DE PRODUCTION 15.3.1999

Westar Petroleum Ltd., et al.

Frank R. Foran

Howard, Mackie

v. (27188)

Colborne Capital Corporation et al. (Alta.)

Aleck Trawick, Q.C.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon

DATE DE PRODUCTION 15.3.1999

Lynn Isert

F. Andrew Schroeder

Schroeder & Company

v. (27190)

Ma Rojwena Garcia Santos et al. (B.C.)

William N. Fritz

Fritz Lail Dougans & Shirreff

DATE DE PRODUCTION 18.3.1999

K.M.E.

Adrian F. Brooks, esq.

v. (27173)

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

Dirk Ryneveld, Q.C.

Crown Counsel Office

DATE DE PRODUCTION 10.3.1999

Casimir Chciuk

Keith E. Wright

v. (27076)

Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

Robert Kelly

A.G. of Ontario

DATE DE PRODUCTION 1.3.1999

W.S.R.

Anil K. Kapoor

v. (27177)

Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

Phillip Downes

A.G. of Ontario

DATE DE PRODUCTION 9.3.1999

MARCH 29, 1999 / LE 29 MARS 1999

                                             CORAM:   Chief Justice Lamer and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges McLachlin et Iacobucci

                                                                         Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

                                                                                                v. (27091)

                                                                     Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(N.W.T.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law ‐ Criminal Code , s. 486(3)  ‐ Non‐publication order ‐ Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 2(b)  ‐ Freedom of the press ‐ Whether a publication ban issued under s. 486  of the Criminal Code  should be interpreted as surviving the death of a complainant ‐ Whether the publication ban should be interpreted as prohibiting publication of a complainant_s identity in a subsequent public proceeding ‐ Whether s. 436(4) contravenes s. 2(b)  of the Charter  where the publication ban is issued at the request of the prosecutor or where it is issued by a judge ex proprio motu.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Tony Khuu

                                                                                                v. (27068)

Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

 Criminal law - Defence request for witness warrant for police informant - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the trial judge did not err in denying a defence application for a witness warrant pursuant to s.698(2)  of the Criminal Code  to compel the arrest and testimony of a police informant in circumstances where informant privilege had been waived.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:   L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

Peter Owen McMaster

v. (26851)

Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Evidence - Admission of hearsay evidence - Reliability of witness to hearsay evidence - The test of relevance of hearsay evidence set out in R. v. Khan, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 531 -  Whether hearsay evidence should be excluded from evidence on the basis that the witness testifying to the hearsay is not credible or is unreliable - Whether the witness’s lack of credibility is a factor to be considered by a trial judge when determining whether to admit hearsay evidence or a factor to be considered by the trier of fact when assessing the weight of the hearsay evidence or both.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Jean‐François Têtu

c. (26892)

Camil Bouchard et Ville de Chicoutimi (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure civile - Procédure allégée - Procédure préalable au procès - Inscription tardive pour enquête et audition - Délai de rigueur - Demande de prolongation du délai refusée - Impossibilité d’agir - Erreur de l’avocat - Sauvegarde des droits de la partie - Le jugement de la Cour d’appel est-il discordant par rapport à l’état du droit applicable en matière d’interprétation procédurale? - Code de procédure civile, L.R.Q., ch. C-25 - art. 481.11 C.p.c.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

CORAM:   Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

Bruce William Silliker

v. (27053)

Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Trial - Charge to jury - Unanimity - Whether the trial judge properly instructed the jury - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the trial judge did not give a charge to the jury amounting to mis-direction on the question of the right to disagree in their verdict.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

December 24, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal and motion for an extension of time filed

Thornhill Aggregates Ltd., Montcalm Aggregates Ltd., Maple Ridge Ready-Mix Ltd.

-and-

Allard Contractors Ltd., Albion Aggregate Ltd. and Maple Ridge Ready-Mix (1993) Ltd.

                                                                                                v. (26818)

Corporation of the District of Maple Ridge (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Municipal law - Does there exist any judicial discretion in a superior court to deny an injunction to a municipality which seeks to enforce its bylaws pursuant to statutory authority? - Does a municipality owe a ratepayer any duty of fairness when the municipality considers an application pursuant to statutory authority?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

APRIL 6, 1999 / LE 6 AVRIL 1999

CORAM: Chief Justice Lamer and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges McLachlin et Iacobucci

Her Majesty The Queen

v. (27134)

Vincent Edward Allan Sherlock (Crim.)(Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Sentencing - Whether Court of Appeal erred in law in imposing its view as to the appropriate sentence where sentence imposed by trial judge was within the range of sentences imposed by other Courts of Appeal  - Whether Court of Appeal erred in failing to adequately consider the need for denunciation, deterrence, and retribution with respect to drinking and driving offences - Relevance of victim impact statements to sentence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

August 18, 1998

Manitoba Provincial Court

(Enns J.)

Sentence: five years imprisonment for conviction for impaired driving causing death (1 count) and three years concurrent for impaired driving causing bodily harm (3 counts); 10 year driving prohibition to take effect upon release from custody

December 9, 1998

Court of Appeal of Manitoba (Huband and Philip JJ.A. and Kroft J.A. [dissenting in part])                                

Appeal allowed; sentence reduced to two and a half years’ imprisonment and driving licence suspension reduced from ten to two years

February 5, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

J. C.

v. (27109)

Her Majesty The Queen and David Edward McClure (Crim.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Barristers and Solicitors - Should the solicitor and client privilege ever yield to the accused’s right to full answer and  defence - If so, in what circumstances? - What would be the appropriate test?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

January 28, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

Astrid Elfreda Flaska

v. (27032)

Donald Hindson, James Robertson, Lawrence Flaska (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Estates - Executors and administrators - Compensation to executors of an estate - How should a court determine a quantum of compensation which is “fair and reasonable” pursuant to section 61 of the Trustee Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. T. 23 - Whether the Ontario Court of Appeal erred by reducing the importance of discretionary factors in favour of a mechanical percentage calculation of executors’ compensation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

December 19, 1994

Ontario Court (General Division) (Boyko J.)

Application to pass estate accounts granted, subject to a revision of the compensation payable to the executors

March 3, 1995

Ontario (General Division) (Boyko J.)

Supplementary Endorsement clarifying Reasons for decision dated December 19, 1994

September 16, 1997

Divisional Court (Bell, MacLeod and Ferguson JJ.)

Appeal allowed

April 14, 1998

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Finlayson, Krever and Weiler JJ.A.)

Leave to appeal granted

October 20, 1998

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Krever, Doherty and O’Connor JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

December 17, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

CORAM:    L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

Thomas Wesley Rathwell

v. (27039)

Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Defence - Automatism - Trial - Jury Instructions - Jury Instructions concerning the intent required for proof of second degree murder - Whether the trial judge’s interpretation of the evidence and charge to the jury erroneously affirmed that there was evidence of intent to commit second degree murder - Whether evidence taken on a voir dire on the issue of non-insane automatism was erroneously excluded - Whether jury was entitled as a matter of common sense to draw an inference that a sane and sober person intends the natural and probable consequences of his voluntary act - Whether jury was properly instructed on the defence of provocation - Whether jury charge, taken as a whole, was confusing.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Kambiz Mafi

v. (27090)

Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Trial - Whether evidence of Applicant’s financial difficulties had a prejudicial effect that outweighed its probative value - Whether there was a sufficient nexus between the victim’s state of mind regarding the Applicant’s suspected thefts and a motive to allow such character evidence to go before the jury - Whether a trial judge has a duty to hold a voir dire on his or her own motion when alerted to the possibility that evidence might be inadmissible - R. v. Hodgson, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 449 - R. v. Wells, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 517.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

June 19, 1996

Supreme Court of British Columbia (Oppal J.)

Conviction on two counts of second degree murder

January 13, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

Société Rodaber Ltée et Roger Bernatchez

c. (26909)

Banque Nationale du Canada

- et -

Francine Masse (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Jugements et ordonnances - Chose jugée - Code de procédure civile, L.R.Q., ch. C-25 - La  Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en rejetant l’action des demandeurs pour cause de chose jugée? - La chose  jugée s’applique-t-elle lorsqu’une action est rejetée pour défaut de se conformer à des règles de procédure?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

CORAM:   Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

John Leonard Bennett

v. (26590)

Her Majesty the Queen (Crim)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Trial - Evidence - Impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing death - Whether the Court of Appeal erred regarding the standard of appellate review - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find that the trial judge erred in leaving for the jury’s consideration a totally speculative theory which provided a means of exit supporting the conclusion that the deceased was the passenger - Whether the verdict was unreasonable or unsupported by evidence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                                             Serge Dionne

                                                                                                v. (27009)

                                                                                     Ethel Kuhlmann (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Jury trial - Charge to jury - Address to jury - New evidence - Defendant admitting liability for motor vehicle accident - Applicant claiming neck and back soft tissue injuries and psychological problems as a result of accident - Respondent’s address to jury focussing on evidence of Applicant’s poor character  - Evidence of police officer indicating that Applicant was not present at the scene of the accident - Trial judge refusing motion to discharge jury - Whether trial judge should have dismissed the jury when this evidence was adduced by the Respondent - Whether jury’s zero verdict so plainly unreasonable and unjust that no jury reviewing the evidence as a whole and acting judicially could have reached it - Whether Court of Appeal should have allowed the appeal - Whether Applicant’s failure to object to charge as it concerns impugned evidence, bears on the issue before the Court when a motion to withdraw the jury due to the impugned evidence is dismissed.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

December 12, 1995

Ontario Court (Divisional Court) (Marshall J.)

Order for partial summary judgment

June 20, 1996

Ontario Court (Divisional Court) (Forestell J.)

Appellant’s action dismissed

October 9, 1998

Court of Appeal for Ontario (Morden A.C.J.O., Rosenberg and Spence [ad hoc] JJ.A.)

Paragraph 2 of Forestell’s judgment set aside and appeal dismissed

December 3, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

APRIL 12, 1999 / LE 12 AVRIL 1999

CORAM:   Chief Justice Lamer and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ. /

Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges McLachlin et Iacobucci

Yves Gagné

c. (27064)

Sa Majesté La Reine (Crim.)(Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Preuve - Défense - Divulgation de la preuve - Droit à une défense pleine et entière Arrêt des procédures -  La Cour d’appel  a-t-elle erré en droit, en substituant, en l’absence d’erreur de droit de la part du juge de première instance, sa propre opinion à la discrétion que celui-ci avait exercée? - La Cour d’appel  a-t-elle erré en droit en ignorant complètement le principe selon lequel non seulement il faut que justice soit rendue mais aussi que justice paraisse manifestement et indubitablement être rendue? -La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en postulant qu’existait, sans le décrire ni le proposer, un autre remède également adéquat, avantageux et efficace pour assurer que justice soit faite ou tout au moins paraisse manifestement et indubitablement être rendue au demandeur?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Sangani Osuitok

v. (27102)

Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(N.W.T.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Charge to the jury - Reasonable doubt - Whether the trial judge properly defined the concept of “reasonable doubt” in his charge to the jury - Whether charge was in accordance with R. v. Lifchus, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 320.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

January 22, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

Robert William Latimer

v. (26980)

Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(Sask.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal - Defence - Necessity - Sentence - Constitutional exemption - Should the defence of necessity have been left with the jury - Did the Court of Appeal err in interpreting the defence of necessity and in failing to ask whether necessity is determined on an objective, subjective or qualified objective basis - Should the trial judge have ruled on whether necessity would be left to the jury prior to counsels’ addresses - Should the trial judge have told jury of the minimum applicable punishment - Did the trial judge fail to provide the jurors with correct and comprehensive responses to their questions - Should the trial judge have instructed the jury to decide the case on what they felt was just, if they felt that following the law would lead to an unjust result - Should the trial judge have charged the jury that they could find that the Applicant had the legal right to decide to commit suicide for his daughter as her surrogate decision maker - Did the Court of Appeal err in reversing the finding that on these facts the minimum sentence is a cruel and unusual punishment contrary to s.12  of the Charter , and that a constitutional exemption should be granted with respect to sentence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

December 1, 1997

Court of the Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan

(Noble J.)

Conviction on one count of second degree murder - Constitutional exemption from mandatory sentence of life imprisonment granted

CORAM:   L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

                                                                            Les Laboratoires Abbott Limitée

                                                                                                c. (26803)

                                                                                     Ronald Bourque (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Exception déclinatoire - Compétence - Recours collectif - Article 164 C.p.c. - Article 1003 C.p.c. - Requête en rétractation - Les principes prévus à l’article 164 C.p.c. concernant l’incompétence ratione materiae s’appliquent-ils au stade de l’autorisation d’exercer un recours collectif? - Les principes relatifs à la juridiction exclusive de l’arbitre de grief sont-il applicables dans le cadre de l’exercice d’un recours collectif? - La Cour supérieure du Québec a-t-elle juridiction pour décider des relations entre un employeur et ses salariés dans d’autres provinces canadiennes que le Québec au seul motif qu’ils sont tous participants dans un même régime de retraite? - La requête en rétractation de jugement est-elle le recours approprié pour se pourvoir contre un jugement d’un tribunal qui omet de trancher in limine litis une objection relative à sa juridiction ratione materiae?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Adel F. Antippa

                                                                                                c. (26849)

                                                                                         Me Guy E. Dulude

                                                                                                     - et -

                                                                 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit administratif - Droit du travail - Arbitrage - Convention collective - Contrôle judiciaire - Erreur manifestement déraisonnable - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en fait en concluant que le demandeur a refusé inconditionnellement d’accepter son affectation au Centre de recherche en photobiophysique? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en fait et en droit en refusant de se prononcer sur la légalité des conditions attachées par la mise en cause à l’affectation du demandeur au Centre de recherche en photobiophysique, mais en sanctionnant néanmoins le défaut de s’y conformer? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en refusant d’appliquer la Lettre d’entente No. 2 de la Convention collective, régissant le statut des professeurs rattachés aux centres de recherche de la mise en cause et en appliquant de préférence un document antérieur rescindé par cette Convention? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en fait et en droit en concluant que le demandeur n’a pas droit au bénéfice de la subvention octroyée par le Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l’aide à la recherche (F.C.A.R.) pour la période de 1988 à 1991?- Est-il de l’intérêt supérieur de la justice et du public que la Cour suprême du Canada, compte tenu des circonstances en l’espèce, statue sur les questions mixtes de droit et de fait pour déterminer si la Cour d’appel a erré sur des aspects dont l’importance dépasse le cadre du présent litige?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Paul Laberge, Maurice Laberge et Laurent Laberge

c. (26889)

Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec

- et -

Bureau de la publicité des droits de la circonscription foncière de Montréal (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Prêt - Législation - Interprétation - Par. 10(1)  et (2)  de la Loi sur l’intérêt , L.R.C. 1985, ch. I-15  - Droit d’acquitter un prêt hypothécaire par anticipation sauf s’il s’agit d’une “hypothèque sur biens-fonds consentie par une compagnie par actions ou autre personne morale” - L’exception énoncée au par. 10(2) continue-t-elle de s’appliquer à une hypothèque qui, bien que constituée à l’origine par une compagnie, ne porte désormais plus que sur le bien-fonds d’un individu, à la suite du transfert de propriété de ce bien-fonds par une compagnie à l’individu alors que ce transfert a requis l’autorisation écrite du créancier hypothécaire et est concomitant à une délégation de paiement acceptée par le délégataire créancier hypothécaire? - Dans la négative, l’offre de paiement faite conformément aux prescriptions du par. 10(1) est-elle suffisante pour être libératoire quant aux intérêts ou bien une telle offre est-elle assujettie aux formalités énoncées dans les lois provinciales? - Potash c. Royal Trust Co., [1986] 2 R.C.S. 351.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

CORAM:   Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

Kuldip Singh Samra

v. (26976)

Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Criminal - Procedural Law - Amicus Curiae - Conflict of Interest - Trial judge appointed lawyer as amicus curiae in criminal trial - Lawyer had previously been counsel to accused in the proceedings - Lawyer discloses information learned during solicitor-client relationship - Trial judge and Crown counsel do not rely on disclosed information - Whether appointing an amicus curiae violates an accused’s s. 7  Charter  rights if the accused wishes to represent himself - Whether appointing an amicus curiae contravenes R. v. Swain, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 933 and a defendant’s right to control his own defence - Whether the appointment of the accused’s former counsel as amicus curiae creates a conflict of interest or jeopardizes the fairness of the trial process.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Sun News Lal

v. (27094)

Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Criminal - Detention and search - Articulable cause - Reasonable suspicion - Information provided to a police officer described a unique vehicle and warned that its owner was to be considered armed and dangerous and a threat to a family being protected by the police officer following the slaying of two brothers in a suspected gang war - The officer spotted the vehicle within three blocks of the family’s residence on a busy arterial street in Vancouver and he and his partner stopped the vehicle using specialized precautionary procedures - They searched the driver who was also the owner of the vehicle and found a loaded pistol - They arrested the driver, searched the vehicle and discovered ammunition - Whether the circumstances gave rise to articulable cause to stop, detain and search the driver - Whether detaining officer had reasonable cause to suspect that the driver was criminally implicated in the activity under investigation - Whether detaining officer relied upon a wholly conclusory statement or a totality of circumstances - Whether Court of Appeal lowered the objective threshold for determining reasonable cause to suspect that a detainee is criminally implicated in activity under investigation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

January 22, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

David William Lord

v. (27131)

Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms   - Criminal law - Evidence - Applicant convicted of trespassing at Kent Institution during a private family visit with an inmate - Charges arising from Applicant’s refusal to comply with order that requires visitors to “stand to” for a head count - Whether Applicant’s Charter  rights infringed - Whether proper disclosure of evidence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

March 3, 1998

Provincial Court of British Columbia

(Hoy J.)

Applicant convicted of trespassing on a federal institution contrary to S. 45  (e) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act ; applicant fined $500.00 and ordered to keep the peace and not to enter a federal institution for one year

February 8, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION / DEMANDE DE RÉEXAMEN

CORAM:    L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ. /

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

The GSL Group Inc. , et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (F.C.A.) (26828)

CORAM:    Cory, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Cory, Major et Binnie

Ramey Ayre v. Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society (N.S.)(26783)

APRIL 1, 1999 / LE 1 AVRIL 1999

26876                    STOJAN STONOJLOVIC - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Alta.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for extension of time is granted and the application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Extradition - To what extent is the Charter  available to protect Canadian citizens against Charter  violations committed by Canadian authorities in extradition proceedings - During extradition proceedings are Canadian authorities required to obey the terms of the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty with the United States - Is there a positive duty upon the Crown, when acting as agent for a foreign state to respect the fair trial rights of Canadian citizens in that foreign state - Whether the Identification of Criminals Act applied to these proceedings.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27035                    ERROL McHAYLE - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

 Criminal law - Did lower courts err in convicting, and upholding conviction, of Applicant for impaired driving and failure to provide breath sample?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26964                    GEORGE ARDLEY - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Regulatory offences - Statutes - Statutory interpretation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its interpretation of s. 61(1)(c) (definition of persons required to provide information) of the Fisheries Act , R.S.C., 1985, c. F-14 .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27041                    MURIEL MARY RAIN - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Alta.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for extension of time is granted and the application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Right to counsel - Whether the possibility of incarceration is enough to satisfy the requirements of “seriousness” in the assessment of the need for counsel to ensure a fair trial - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in overturning the trial judge’s finding of fact that the Applicant could not have a fair trial without counsel - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that a trial judge can ensure that the accused’s trial is conducted fairly in the absence of counsel - Whether the trial judge erred in concluding that there was no foundation for the evidence of the lawyer who testified as an expert and that such evidence ought to have been rejected by the trial judge.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26953                    ANIL JOSHI - c. - SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE (Crim.)(Qué.)

CORAM:               Le Juge en chef et les juges McLachlin et Iacobucci

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  - Droit criminel - Preuve - Partialité - Doute raisonnable - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en concluant que le demandeur avait eu droit à un procès juste et équitable au sens de l’article 11d)  de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  -  La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en refusant d’intervenir suite aux nombreuses erreurs de faits et d’appréciation de la preuve commises par le juge de première instance.

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

26874                    IBRAHIM MAGDI NAIMA c. SEARS CANADA INC., SOCRATES TSEVELKOS, ROBERT GARIÉPY ET MARTIN TÉTREAULT (Qué.)

CORAM:               Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et Bastarache

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Le juge Mailhot de la Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en concluant que l’appel du jugement de première instance rejetant la demande de remise et accueillant, par le fait même, la requête en péremption d’instance nécessite une permission d’appel? - Subsidiairement, le juge Mailhot a-t-elle erré en décidant qu’elle avait seule l’autorité pour décider si le jugement de première instance rejetant la demande de remise est bien fondé? - Subsidiairement, le juge Mailhot a-t-elle erré en refusant la permission d’appel compte tenu que la décision de première instance est mal fondée et prive le demandeur de son droit suite à la seule erreur de ses procureurs, alors même qu’il aurait été possible de remédier aux conséquences de cette erreur sans aucune injustice à l’égard des intimés, et compte tenu que les procureurs du demandeur ont fait preuve de toute la diligence voulue pour mettre ce dossier en état après le jugement de première instance?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27014                    KINGSLEY LUGHAS v. THE MANITOBA PUBLIC INSURANCE CORPORATION (Man.)

CORAM:           L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and Bastarache JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural Law - Evidence - Assessments of credibility - Appeal - Bias - Civil Procedure - Torts - Motor Vehicles - Commercial Law - Insurance - Nominal Defendants - Applicant sought to name a public insurance corporation as a nominal defendant in a claim for damages resulting from an accident allegedly involving the operation of an unidentified moving motor vehicle - Applicant was required to prove that his bodily injuries were sustained by reason of the operation of an unidentified moving motor vehicle - Only Applicant and one witness testified that a motor vehicle accident had occurred - Motions judge assessed the Applicant and the witness as not credible - No other evidence to prove occurrence of an accident involving an unidentified moving motor vehicle -  Application dismissed - Whether motions judge erred - Whether member of appeal court panel was biased.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

March 30, 1998

Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba (MacInnes J.)

Application to name Respondent as nominal defendant dismissed

October 6, 1998

Court of Appeal of Manitoba

(Scott C.J., Twaddle and Lyon JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

December 3, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

26978                    SACK LEE - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Witnesses - Whether the trial judge’s warning to the jury concerning the unreliability of a key Crown witness’ testimony was adequate.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26960                    EUGENE NIDEROST - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.) (B.C.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed without costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée sans dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Civil procedure - Whether Federal Court of Appeal erred in dismissing appeal from order (a) striking out statement of claim and (b) dismissing action on basis that there was no reasonable cause of action.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26972                    GEORGE McCAULEY, JAMES WARREN, AND JAMES McLAUGHLIN ON THEIR BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE TORONTO FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSIONERS’ ASSOCIATION WHO HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST REMAINING IN THE BENEVOLENT FUND - v. - MARK FITZSIMMONS, MARK McKINNON, AND MIKE FIGLIOLA, ON THEIR BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ALL MEMBERS OF TORONTO FIRE FIGHTERS’ ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 113, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, AND MIKE DAILLY, JOHN STEVENSON, AND BERNIE CASSIDY AS TRUSTEES OF THE TORONTO FIRE FIGHTERS’ BENEVOLENT FUND (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs to Local 113.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens à Local 113.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Labour law - Compensation - Commercial Law - Contracts - Property law - Trusts and trustees - A trade union local had established a voluntary retirement benefit fund for its members - The fund became technically insolvent and the issue was how to equitably distribute the fund between retired members and present members - The application judge held that the retired members had priority on the basis of contract but this was overturned by the Court of Appeal - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in so doing.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26506                    GEORGE HINES - v. - ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND CITY OF TORONTO (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal as well as all ancillary motions are dismissed with costs to City of Toronto.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel et toutes requêtes accessoires sont rejetées avec dépens à City of Toronto.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian  Charter  - Civil - Civil Rights - Human Rights Code, R.S.O.1990, c.H.19 s.34(1)(a) and (b) - Statutes - Interpretation - Labour law - Labour relations - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in denying leave to appeal.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26921                    GILBERT L. GAUDET - v. - WAYNE BARRETT AND  MARLENE BARRETT (N.S.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Barristers and solicitors - Duties - Fiduciary duties - Breach of fiduciary duties - Conflict of interest - Non-disclosure - Property law - Real Property - Remedies - Residential real estate transaction - Action commenced against solicitor and other defendants - Assessment of damages - Joint and several liability - Whether there must be a causal connection between a breach of fiduciary duty and the damages recovered by a party - When a fiduciary breaches his duty can he be held jointly and severally liable for damages resulting from the breach of a separate contract.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

26974                    JOHN FOLKES - v. - GREENSLEEVES PUBLISHING LIMITED, SIGNET RECORDS INC., VIRGIN RECORDS (CANADA) INC., NORTHRIDGE MUSIC COMPANY, GLOBAL MUSIC LTD, ESTATE OF HENRY MANCINI, ORVILLE BURRELL, CECIL CAMPBELL (ALSO KNOWN AS PRINCE BUSTER) (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal and the ancillary motion are dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel et la requête accessoire sont rejetées avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

International Law - Conflict of Laws - Forum Conveniens - Property Law - Copyright - Music - Application of test of forum conveniens to a copyright action commenced in Ontario - United Kingdom held to be the forum conveniens -  Appropriateness of the test and results - Whether decision requires an English Court to try a Canadian infringement action or to re-try issues already decided - Whether the Court of Appeal misapprehended evidence and arguments.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27018                    JOSEPH REED - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Charter  - Criminal - Criminal Law - Crown counsel’s discretion to stay prosecutions commenced by private informations -  Judicial power to review prosecutor’s discretion -  Whether a decision to stay a prosecution interfered with religious freedom.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

November 20, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

26979                    APOTEX INC. - v. - BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT AND MILES CANADA INC. (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Patents - Patented medicines - Compulsory licences - Interpretation - What is the threshold of inventive ingenuity required for the grant of a patent in Canada and in what manner is this threshold a matter of national importance - What are the appropriate principles of interpretation applicable to contracts whose very existence and terms are imposed by statutory authority, and in what manner is the proper interpretation a matter of national importance.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

APRIL 8, 1999 / LE 8 AVRIL 1999

26962                    BRADLEY RICHARD GIBB - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Sask.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian  Charter  - Criminal - Criminal law - Evidence - Parole - Applicant at large and in breach of the terms and conditions of his unescorted temporary absence from the Saskatoon Correctional Centre - Applicant arrested for robbery - Applicant made voluntary inculpatory statements to parole officer - Corrections and Conditional Release Act , S.C. 1992, c. 20, s. 134  directs an offender released on parole to “comply with any instructions” of his parole officer - Whether the Applicant was under a legal obligation to answer any inquiries made by his parole officer - Whether his statement was made in breach of the privilege against self-incrimination embodied in the Charter , s. 7  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in applying R. v. Fitzpatrick, [1995] 4 S.C.R. 154, to the statement made by the Applicant to his parole officer.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

December 7, 1998

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

APRIL 15, 1999 / LE 15 AVRIL 1999

26984                    SANDRA KIM KROFCHAK-SMILLIE - v. - MELBOURNE JAMES SMILLIE (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The applications for extension of time to file an application for leave to appeal and to file a reply are granted. The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

Les demandes de prorogation du délai pour produire une demande d’autorisation d’appel et pour déposer une réplique sont accueillies. La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Civil - Family Law - Divorce - Whether an appellate court’s decision that they were not persuaded that there was a proper basis for setting aside a divorce judgment  improperly dismissed questions of law that could have been be appealed to the Court of Appeal or violated s. 15  of the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

February 5, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

26984                    SANDRA KIM KROFCHAK-SMILLIE - v. - MELBOURNE JAMES SMILLIE (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and McLachlin and Iacobucci JJ.

The motion for an extension of time to file a supplementary reply is dismissed.

La demande de prorogation du délai pour déposer une réplique supplémentaire est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter  - Civil - Family Law - Divorce - Whether an appellate court’s decision that they were not persuaded that there was a proper basis for setting aside a divorce judgment  improperly dismissed questions of law that could have been be appealed to the Court of Appeal or violated s. 15  of the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

February 5, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

26775                    SHARON ROUNDS, CLARENCE ROUNDS, GLEN ROUNDS, 533253 ONTARIO LIMITED AND LAKESIDE ELEVATORS RETAIL LIMITED - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN THE RIGHT OF CANADA (F.C.A.) (Ont.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Bankruptcy law - Procedural law - Torts - Trespass - Warrant of Seizure under the Bankruptcy Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. B-3.  R.C.M.P. officers attending upon the property of former bankrupt to assist in the seizure of farm machinery pursuant to a warrant of execution - Officers entering premises before issuing demand required by the warrant -Whether the execution of a warrant under the Bankruptcy Act is subject to the same scrutiny of procedure as the execution of a warrant under the Criminal   Code  or the common law - Whether a demand provision in a warrant for the seizure of property issued ex parte under the Bankruptcy Act requires that reasonable notice be given to the party who will be the subject of the seizure.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27036                    EDMONTON JOURNAL, A DIVISION OF SOUTHAM INC. - v. - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ALBERTA (Alta.)

CORAM:               Cory, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 2(b)  ‐ Freedom of the press ‐ Non‐publication order ‐  Whether a ban on the publication of a witness_s name infringed freedom of the press guaranteed under s. 2(b)  of the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

24.3.1999

Mattel Canada Inc. v. Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)(27174)

MAJOR J.:

UPON APPLICATION by the applicant Mattel Canada Inc.;

AND UPON CONSENT of the respondent Her Majesty the Queen;

AND HAVING READ the material filed and upon it appearing that certain business and trade secrets of the applicant are part of the record and referred to as confidential material, and upon it appearing that there is no public interest in such confidential information, and upon it appearing that such confidential information and exhibits were treated as such in the Federal Court of Appeal;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the same order as obtained in the Federal Court of Appeal be granted and that the confidential contents of those documents be treated as such.

There is no order made with respect to the non-confidential material.

26.3.1999

Before / Devant:   THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to file the appellant’s factum, record and book of authorities

John Carlos Terceira

    v. (26546)

Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer le mémoire, le dossier et le cahier de jurisprudence et de doctrine de l’appelant

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to February 24, 1999 to file the factum, to March 12, 1999 to file the record and to March 22, 1999 to file the book of authorities.

26.3.1999

Before / Devant:    THE REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to file the appellant’s factum, record and book of authorities;

and motion for an order accepting appellant’s record as printed

Her Majesty the Queen

   v. (26948)

Frederick Alexander Brooks (Crim.)(Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer le mémoire, le dossier et le cahier de jurisprudence et de doctrine de l’appelant;   requête sollicitant une ordonnance portant acceptation du dossier de l’appelant tel qu’il est imprimé

GRANTED / ACCORDÉES    Time extended to file the factum and record to March 12, 1999, and to file the book of authorities to March 16, 1999.  Appellant’s record accepted as printed.

26.3.1999

Before / Devant:    LE REGISTRAIRE

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the appellant’s record and factum

Thérèse Blais Pelletier

    c. (26928)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Crim.)(Qué.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le dossier et le mémoire de l’appelante

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Délai prorogé au 15 avril 1999.

29.3.1999

Before / Devant:    MAJOR J.

Motion for directions

Mattel Canada Inc.

     v. (27174)

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)

Requête pour obtenir des directives

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE 

It is hereby directed that paragraphs 6, 7, 37, 38 and 39 being trade secrets shall be segregated from the Applicant’s Memorandum of Argument and filed separately, and will be under seal in this Court.     

29.3.1999

Before / Devant:   CORY J.

Motion to extend time and for leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                Workers’ Compensation Board of Saskatchewan and the United Association of Injured and Injured Workers, Vernon Injured Workers Support Group, Canadian Injured Workers Prince George, Northern Vancouver Island Brain Trauma Society and Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Group

IN/DANS:              Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia, et al.

v. (25784)

Frances Elizabeth Kovach, et al.  (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation de délai et en autorisation d'intervenir

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1.                  The motion for an extension of time and for leave to intervene of the applicant Workers’ Compensation Board of Saskatchewan is granted, the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages in length and to present oral argument not to exceed 15 minutes.

2.                  The motion for an extension of time and for leave to intervene of the applicants United Association of Injured  and Injured Workers, Vernon Injured Workers Support Group, Canadian Injured Workers Prince George, Northern Vancouver Island Brain Trauma Society and Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Groups is granted, the applicants shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages in length and to present oral argument not to exceed 15 minutes.

The interveners shall not be entitled to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record apart from its factum and oral submissions.

Pursuant to Rule 18(6), each of the interveners shall pay to the appellants and respondent any additional disbursements occasioned to the appellants and respondent by the interventions.   There shall be no other costs to or against the interveners.

29.3.1999

Before / Devant:   MAJOR J.

Motion to extend time and for leave to intervene

BY/PAR:          Criminal Lawyers’ Association

IN/DANS:       Antonio Goncalves

v. (26924)

Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(Ont.)

Requête en prorogation de délai et en autorisation d’intervenir

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   The application by the Criminal Lawyers’ Association for an extension of time and leave to intervene on the question of whether a determination of the reasonableness of a verdict is a question of law is granted;  the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 30 pages in length and to present oral argument not to exceed 15 minutes.

30.3.1999

Before / Devant:   THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the applicant’s reply

Her Majesty the Queen

    v. (27050)

Marie-Suzanne Caouette (Crim.)(Que.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer la réplique de la requérante

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to March 5, 1999.

31.3.1999

Before / Devant:   CORY J.

Motion for a stay of execution

British Columbia College of Teachers

    v. (27168)

Trinity Western University, et al. (B.C.)

Requête en vue de surseoir à l’exécution

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    On consent, Order will go staying the Order of the British Columbia Court of Appeal dated 30 December 1998 pending the disposition of the application for leave or if leave is granted pending the disposition of the appeal.

1.4.1999

Before / Devant:   THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the respondent’s factum, book of authorities and record

Thomas Bruce Baker

     v. (26562)

Monica Frieda Francis (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire, le cahier de jurisprudence et de doctrine et le dossier de l’intimée

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to March 8, 1999.

1.4.1999

Before / Devant:   THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the appellant’s reply factum

65302 British Columbia Ltd. (formerly Veekens Poultry Farms Ltd.)

     v. (26352)

Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire en réplique de l’appelante

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to March 29, 1999.

6.4.1999

Before / Devant:    BASTARACHE J.

Motion to extend time and for leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                Attorney General of Canada, the Attorney General of Ontario, the Attorney General of Québec, the Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario), the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (“AIDWYC”) and The Innocence Project

IN/DANS:              Her Majesty the Queen

v. (26570)

John Biniaris (Crim.)(B.C.)

and between

Aaron Joseph Molodowic

v. (26645)

Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(Man.)

Requête en prorogation de délai et en autorisation d'intervenir

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

a)                  The motion for an extension of time and for leave to intervene of the applicant Attorney General of Canada is granted, the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a single factum not to exceed 20 pages in length and to present a single oral argument not to exceed 15 minutes;

b)                  The motion for leave to intervene of the applicant Attorney General of Ontario is granted, the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a single factum not exceed 30 pages in length and to present a single oral argument not to exceed 15 minutes;

c)                  The motion for an extension of time and for leave to intervene of the applicant Attorney General of Québec is granted, the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a single factum not exceed 20 pages in length and to present a single oral argument not to exceed 15 minutes;

d)                  The motion for an extension of time and for leave to intervene of the applicant Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario) is granted, the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a single factum not exceed 30 pages in length and to present a single oral argument not to exceed 15 minutes;

e)                  The motions for an extension of time and for leave to intervene of the applicants Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (“AIDWYC”) and The Innocence Project are granted, the applicants shall be entitled to serve and file a single joint factum not exceed 30 pages in length and to present a single oral argument not to exceed 15 minutes;

The interveners shall serve and file their factums no later than May 31, 1999.

6.4.1999

Before / Devant:   CORY J.

Motion for an order to seal Volume 2 of the Joint Appeal Book

Ministry of Finance

    v. (27191)

John Higgins, Inquiry Officer, and John Doe, Requester (Ont.)

Requête en vue d'obtenir une ordonnance de mise sous scellés du volume 2 du dossier d’appel conjoint

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

The Court of Appeal for Ontario ordered Volume 2 of the Joint Appeal Book from the Court of Appeal of Ontario sealed.   On consent of the parties Order will go sealing Volume 2 of the Joint Appeal Book pending the disposition of this appeal or until further order of this Court.

1.4.1999

Before / Devant:   BASTARACHE J.

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file  the application for leave

156036 Canada Inc.

      v. (27158)

Les Pétroles Therrien Inc. (Que.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer la demande d’autorisation