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May 26, 2000  942 - 984                                                                      le 26 mai 2000

CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Gary John Lazeo

Jeffrey Green

Green & Claus

v. (27830)

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

S. David Frankel, Q.C.

A.G. of Canada

FILING DATE 15.5.2000

Sylvio Monachino

Hillel David

Aylesworth Thompson Phelan O’Brien LLP

v. (27902)

Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company et al. (Ont.)

Donald G. Martin, Q.C.

Thompson, Tooze, McLean, Rollo & Elkin

FILING DATE 9.5.2000

Phillip Rosen

Phillip Rosen

v. (27903)

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

Robert M. Gosman

A.G. of Canada

FILING DATE 10.5.2000

Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu

Sidney Green, Q.C.

v. (27904)

The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba (Man.)

Regina Novek

College of Physicians & Surgeons

FILING DATE 11.5.2000

Thierry Van Doosselaere et al.

Mark E. Meland

Goldstein, Flanz & Fishman, G.P.

v. (27905)

Holt Cargo Systems Inc. et al. (Que.)

Pierre G. Côté

Ogilvy Renault

FILING DATE 12.5.2000

Stéphane Bourbeau

Alyne Pearson

Desruisseaux, Desbiens

c. (27906)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.)

Robert Parrot

Procureur général du Québec

DATE DE PRODUCTION 12.5.2000

Steeve Martel

Richard Dubé

Dubé, Grenier & Tassoni

c. (27907)

Sa Majesté la Reine (Qué.)

Robert Parrot

Procureur général du Québec

DATE DE PRODUCTION 12.5.2000

2953-6778 Québec Inc.

Luc Alarie

Alarie, Legault, Beauchemin, Paquin, Jobin, Brisson & Philpot

c. (27908)

Michael Gallagher et al. (Qué.)

Sandor J. Klein

de Grandpré Chait, s.e.n.c.

DATE DE PRODUCTION 12.5.2000

Terry Lee Meidel

John W. Conroy, Q.C.

Conroy & Company

v. (27909)

Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)

S. David Frankel, Q.C.

A.G. of Canada

FILING DATE 15.5.2000

MAY 16, 2000 / LE 16 MAI 2000

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

Le juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Iacobucci et Major

Ashkan Jabarianha

v. (27725)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Accused’s exculpatory evidence at trial corroborated by witness - Whether it is permissible in cross-examination  to ask a defence witness about the impact of s. 13  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  on his decision to testify.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Everett Kakfwi

v. (27577)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Taxation - Native Law - Indian Act - Statutory interpretation - Chief of Band received salary from Band paid out of monies provided by Her Majesty the Queen through the Band Support Funding Program - Whether employment income of Chief is exempt from tax pursuant to sections 87 and 90 of the Indian Act - Whether paragraph 90(1)(b) of the Indian Act is to be read narrowly so as to deny the exemptions from taxation conferred by sections 87 and 89, or whether it is to be read literally so as to allow the exemptions - Whether paragraph 90(1)(b) of the Indian Act includes only agreements which are ancillary to a treaty

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay

v. (27549)

1037618 Ontario Inc. and 1191111 Ontario Limited (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Municipal law - Assessment - Statutory Interpretation - Proper calculation of interest and penalties owing as a result of failure to pay property taxes - Whether interest and penalties should be calculated on original or revised assessment  - Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. A.31; Municipal Tax Sales Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.60; Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.45; Municipal Interest and Discount Rates Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.58.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Paul Conway

v. (27519)

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario (Ont.)

AND BETWEEN:

Paul Conway

v. (27519)

Russel Fleming, George Kaytako, Brian Jones,

Kathy Finney, Burke Thompson, Sue Fraser, Kathy Jehle,

Pat Miller, Don Donnon, Harry Donaldson,

Geoff Eaughie, Jim Burt and Don Sharpen (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil - Torts - Intentional torts - Battery - Patient of mental hospital restrained by use of chemical injection - Whether forcible use of chemical restraint constitutes battery - Whether authority of hospital staff to administer chemical restraint without patient’s consent can arise from Lieutenant Governor’s Warrant, common law and/or Mental Health Act - What is the correct interpretation and application of term “restraint” under Mental Health Act - Whether patient’s rights under ss. 7  and 15  of Charter  breached - Whether breach can be justified under s. 1  of Charter . 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Midland Mortgage Corporation

v. (27520)

Jawl & Bundon and Jeryl J. McLean (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Negligence - Barristers and Solicitors - Duty to third party - Syndicated Financing - Did the Court of Appeal err in determining the proper approach as to whether a solicitor owes a duty of care to a third party who is not a party to the contract of retainer - Whether a solicitor’s duty to a client supercedes a duty a solicitor may owe to a third party

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Bastarache et LeBel

Alain Guyot and Sylvie Pagé

v. (27739)

Her Majesty the Queen (Crim.)(Qué.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Offences - Fraud - Dishonesty - Whether the Applicants’ conduct met the minimum objective dishonesty requirement to justify a conviction for fraud?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Murielle Marcoux

c. (27554)

Jean‑Marie Bouchard et Gérard Leblanc (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Responsabilité civile - Médecins et chirurgiens - Dommages-intérêts - Absence de consentement - Indication chirurgicale - Consentement éclairé - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en droit en décidant que l'intimé Leblanc n'avait pas à obtenir le consentement de la demanderesse avant de pouvoir l'opérer et que le consentement donné afin de permettre à l'intimé Bouchard de l'opérer valait pour l'intimé Leblanc, même si la demanderesse n'avait pas été avisée que c'était l'intimé Leblanc qui procéderait à l'intervention chirurgicale? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en concluant que le juge de première instance avait correctement appliqué en l'espèce le principe établi par cette Honorable Cour dans l'affaire Lapointe c.  Hôpital Le Gardeur, [1992] 1 R.C.S. 353, lorsqu'il a conclu que l'intervention du 8 décembre 1982 était indiquée? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en concluant que la demanderesse avait donné un consentement éclairé à l'intervention proposée puisque: i) l'intimé Leblanc a établi que la demanderesse aurait consenti à ce qu'il soit le chirurgien si la demanderesse avait été informée avant l'opération que tel serait le cas; et ii) bien que l'Honorable juge de première instance ait commis une erreur manifeste en mettant de côté l'affirmation de la demanderesse à l'effet qu'elle n'était pas au courant de l'opinion du Dr. Molina-Negro avant de consentir à l'intervention de décembre 1982, cette erreur n'était pas déterminante?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Harbans Singh Pawar, for himself

and as representative of all those

also improperly denied benefits

v. (27578)

Her Majesty The Queen  (F.C.A.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Equality - National origin - Social security - Constitutionality of the residency requirements of the Old Age Security Act,  R.S.C., 1985, c. O-9  -  Interrelationship between Canada’s right to negotiate and enter into international agreements and the domestic right to equality - Issue of what is included or analogous to the term “national...origin” as that term is used in s. 15  of the Charter  - Quality of evidence that should be before the court when dealing with allegations of adverse effects discrimination under s. 15  of the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Jan Lackowiak

v. (27562)

Maple Engineering & Construction Canada Ltd. (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Did lower courts err in disposition of case?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Beverlee Jorgensen

v. (27560)

Crédit M.P. Ltée and Les Placements Lavigne Ltée (Que.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Property law - Judicial review - Jurisdiction - Leases - Promise of purchase - Can a tribunal decline jurisdiction by making a distinction not found in the enabling legislation? - What is the standard of judicial review in the absence of a comprehensive privative clause and in light of the rules of public order which govern residential leases? - Can the right of residential occupancy as prescribed in a lease be a “droit réel innommé” or is it always a personal right protected by the civil code and rules of public order? - Does the decision to exclude certain leases from the rental legislation go against the very purpose and the spirit of the law and achieve the opposite effect from that intended by the National Assembly?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

March 25, 1994

Court of Québec

(Boissonneault J.)

Respondent's appeal from two decisions of the Régie du logement allowed

CORAM:    Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ. /

Les juges Gonthier, Binnie et Arbour

Hal Randall Dobson

v. (27775)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Pleas - Sections 7 , 10( b ) , 11( c ) , 11( d )  and 15(1)  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Whether Applicant’s guilty plea invalidated by threat of an immediate return to jail - Whether Applicant received competent legal representation at trial - Whether Applicant’s guilty plea invalidated by psychological state at time plea was made - Whether trial judge erred in accepting Applicant’s guilty plea despite fact that it was inconsistent with defence counsel’s argument on sentencing that Applicant lacked intent to abduct his son - Whether Court of appeal erred in denying Applicant’s request for an extension of time to file his Notice of Appeal?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Lorraine Gauthier

c. (27592)

Claude Gauthier et Colombe Bouchard (Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit des biens - Testaments - Capacité de tester - Captation - Les tribunaux inférieurs ont-ils erré?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Valerie Morrow

v. (27531)

Academy Mechanical Services Ltd. (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Constitution Act, 1867  - Administration of Justice - Fundamental justice -  Commercial law - Contracts - Right of deaf to assistance of interpreter in any proceedings - Dispute as to whether contract to correct deficiencies in gas piping and venting including having gas company turn on gas - Allegation of fraud made against Respondent - Constitutionality of Provincial Court of Alberta (Civil Division) raised but not argued - Denial of Charter  right to fundamental justice (s.7) alleged but not argued.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

British Aviation Insurance Group (Canada) Limited

v. (27590)

West Central Air Ltd. and Lloyd Good (Sask.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Insurance - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in upholding the finding of the Chambers judge that the facts pleaded in a related action involving the Respondents and Bangwyn Farms Ltd. (“Bangwyn”) could result in a judgment for amounts which the Respondents would be “legally obligated to pay” Bangwyn, as that phrase is used in the policy - Whether the  Court of Appeal erred in upholding the finding of the Chambers judge that the facts pleaded in the Bangwyn action disclosed a claim “arising out of the use, ownership or maintenance” of the aircraft - Whether the  Court of Appeal erred in upholding the finding of the Chambers judge that the facts pleaded in the Bangwyn action do not fall within the exclusion for “liability assumed under a contract or agreement” as that phrase is used in the policy - Whether the  Court of Appeal erred in upholding the finding of the Chambers judge that the facts pleaded in the Bangwyn action do not fall within the exclusion for “failure to provide transportation services” as that phrase is used in the policy - Whether the  Court of Appeal erred in upholding the finding of the Chambers judge that the facts pleaded in the Bangwyn action do not fall outside the scope of liability insurance generally as being part of the business risk retained by Respondent West Central Air Ltd. and not transferred to the Applicant by the policy.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Joel Starkman, Sharon Starkman and Rhonda Feldman

v. (27551)

The Toronto‑Dominion Bank (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Creditor and debtor - Property law - Personal property - Personal Property Security Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.10 - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the funds were identifiable and traceable - What is the definition of identifiable and traceable - Whether a breach of duty of confidentiality by a bank deprives it of equitable relief - Whether there are conflicting authorities.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION / DEMANDE DE RÉEXAMEN

CORAM:   Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ. /

Les juges Gonthier, Binnie et Arbour

Olympia Interiors Ltd., et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.A.)(Civil) (By Leave) (27550)

MAY 25, 2000 / LE 25 MAI 2000

27702                    WILFRED HAROLD DOYLE v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(P.E.I.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Procedural law - Standard of review - Whether the standard of review as set out in R.v.Yebes, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 168, and R. v. Burke, [1996] 1 S.C.R. 474 was misapplied - Were the requirements for curial review met in this case - Whether the conviction was unreasonable and unsafe.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

August 5, 1998

Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island (Orr J.)

Applicant convicted of two counts of uttering threats contrary to s.  264.1(1) (a) and (b) of the Criminal Code 

27631                    NICHOLAS Y. BONAMY v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major 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  - Criminal law - Procedural law - Uttering forged document - Theft - Court appointing solicitor and Attorney General providing transcripts - Allegation that rule as to provisions of  transcripts infringing s. 15  of Charter  found to be moot - Whether appellate court has a duty to exercise jurisdiction on a constitutional issue as to whether or not a Rule of that Court offends the Charter  - Whether appellate court must apply Proviso once an appellant has made a prima facie case that several errors have been committed by the trial judge - Whether misconduct of the police and the alleged misleading of the judicial authorities by the police placed the administration of justice into disrepute.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

December 2, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

27672                    AMINA CHAUDHARY v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major 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 - Procedure - Motion to reduce period of parole ineligibility after 15 years of a life sentence - Criminal Code  in force at time of motion requires a unanimous jury vote to reduce parole ineligibility - Criminal Code  in force at time of offence, conviction and sentencing required only a two-thirds majority vote - Amendments to Criminal Code  requiring jury unanimity introduced between sentencing and motion - Motions judge orders that amended wording to apply - Whether decision to apply amended wording infringed s. 7  of the Charter  - Right to be punished in accordance with the law as it existed at the time of offence - Whether motions judge erred by directing his attention to the characterization of the amendments as procedural or substantive - Whether s. 745.6(1) of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46  applied retroactively in breach of constitutional rights. 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27523                    RONALD H. WILSON and NICHOLAS KYPRIANOU v. ROBERT ANDERSON and DEBORAH FISCHER (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The applications for leave to appeal are dismissed with costs.

Les demandes d’autorisation d’appel sont rejetées avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Civil procedure - Class actions - Whether it is sufficient that the class proceeding resolves a single common issue, while leaving substantial individual issues, including causation and damages, to be determined in individual proceedings - Whether an aggregate award of damages is appropriate even where members of the class may have suffered no injuries - Whether the claim for nervous shock, absent proof of a recognizable psychiatric or psychological injury, discloses a cause of action -  Whether the subclass of uninfected patients is properly constituted.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27524                    539938 ONTARIO LIMITED, ROY’S ELECTRIC, ROY ZUB, DOUGLAS AND JOYCE ZUB v. TYLER DERKSEN, A MINOR, BY HIS LITIGATION GUARDIAN WILLIAM DERKSEN, AND TRAVIS DERKSEN, A MINOR, BY HIS LITIGATION GUARDIAN WILLIAM DERKSEN, AND THE SAID WILLIAM  DERKSEN, AND KATHY DERKSEN, AND WILLIAM DERKSEN (SR.) AND JUSTINA DERKSEN, AND FRED IRVINE, AND EDITH IRVINE and 539938 ONTARIO LIMITED, ROY’S ELECTRIC, ROY ZUB, DOUGLAS ZUB AND JOYCE ZUB (WITH RESPECT TO WAWANESA AUTOMOBILE POLICY NUMBER 3556895) and 539938 ONTARIO LIMITED, ROY’S ELECTRIC, ROY ZUB, DOUGLAS ZUB AND JOYCE ZUB (IN THEIR UNINSURED CAPACITY) (Ont.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Insurance - Automobile insurance - General liability insurance - Coverage - Exclusions - Concurring causes - Whether in a case involving multiple sources of causation, coverage under a liability policy should be afforded where one of the sources of causation is excluded from coverage while others are not?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27501                    BDO DUNWOODY LIMITED, TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE OF NICOLE MARIE BERTHELETTE, A BANKRUPT, AND THE CANADIAN INSOLVENCY PRACTITIONERS ASSOCIATION v. SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKRUPTCY (Man.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Bankruptcy - Trustee compensation - Whether there is any statutory provision, regulation, rule, directive or public policy which prevents a trustee in bankruptcy from accepting, and basing its fee upon, payments made by a bankrupt after his or her discharge pursuant to a fee agreement - Whether there is any provision, regulation, rule, directive or public policy which prevents a trustee from entering into a fee agreement with a bankrupt for payments to her or her estate - Whether such an agreement, when made on the day of or the day before bankruptcy, is a provable claim in bankruptcy pursuant to s. 121(1) of the Act, thereby invoking under s. 69 a stay of proceedings to enforce the obligations thereunder and releasing all obligations thereunder under s. 178 on the bankrupt’s discharge - Whether there would be any difference if the agreement was made after the date of the bankruptcy.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27738                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN v. CLAYTON GEORGE MENTUCK (Crim.)(Man.)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian   Charter  - Criminal - Criminal law - Publication bans - Statutes - Interpretation - Jurisdiction - Limited publication ban granted with respect to information identifying undercover police officers - Publication ban denied with respect to police operational methods - Whether this Court has jurisdiction under Supreme Court Act, s. 40(1) - Whether the trial judge applied the wrong test in considering the request for the publication ban - Whether the public interest in effective law enforcement is a factor in determining whether to grant such a ban - Whether the public interest in effective law enforcement may reasonably limit rights under ss. 2(b)  or 11  of the Charter  - Whether the trial judge gave proper effect to his findings that the security and well-being of the officers would be at risk if they were identified.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27636                    BOGOMIR SOLUNAC - c. - ORDRE DES MÉDECINS VÉTÉRINAIRES DU QUÉBEC (Qué.)

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

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit du travail - Droit des professions - Appréciation de la crédibilité des témoins - La Cour supérieure a-t-elle erré en décidant que le juge du procès avait correctement apprécié la crédibilité des témoins? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en n’intervenant pas pour corriger le jugement de la Cour supérieure?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Le 10 février 1997

Cour du Québec

(Turpin j.c.q.)

Demandeur trouvé coupable de trois infractions au Code des professions

27455                    MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES MUNICIPALES (PROCUREURE GÉNÉRALE DU QUÉBEC) - c. - COMMUNAUTÉ URBAINE DE QUÉBEC, VILLE DE SILLERY et VILLE DE SAINTE-FOY (Qué.)

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

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit municipal - Code civil - Législation - Évaluation - Interprétation - Biens immeubles - Biens meubles - Loi sur la fiscalité municipale, L.R.Q., ch. F-2.1, mod. par L.Q. 1986, ch. 34 - Interprétation du terme "attaché" de la définition du terme "immeuble" - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle commis des erreurs de droit importantes en interprétant le terme «attaché» utilisé à la définition du mot «immeuble» énoncé à l’article 1 de la L.F.M.? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle commis des erreurs importantes en droit en interprétant l’article 68.1 de la L.F.M.?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27454                    LES PLACEMENTS R.I.O. INC. - c. - SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE (C.A.F.)(Qué.)

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

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit fiscal - Législation - Interprétation - Les tribunaux inférieurs ont-ils erré en considérant qu’il y avait eu transfert d’un bien au sens du paragraphe 160(1) de la Loi de l’impôt sur le revenu lorsque la demanderesse a été déclarée propriétaire de son immeuble à la suite de l’exercice d’une clause de dation en paiement contenue dans un acte d’obligation et d’hypothèque?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27460                    MAYER DIAMOND, ÈS-QUALITÉS DE SYNDIC À LA FAILLITE DE WALTER ROBERT BRUNE - c. - SURINTENDANT DES FAILLITES (Qué.)

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

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Faillite - Rémunération du syndic - Mémoire du syndic approuvé par les créanciers - Intervention du surintendant des faillites pour contester la rémunération du syndic - Le tribunal siégeant en matière de faillite a-t-il juridiction pour modifier la rémunération attribuée au syndic par les créanciers, à l’instigation du surintendant des faillites et en l’absence d’une demande à cet effet provenant du syndic, d’un créancier ou du débiteur? - La cas échéant, le registraire de faillite est-il investi de la compétence requise pour exercer de tels pouvoirs? - Le cas échéant, la preuve recueillie en l’instance donne-t-elle ouverture à l’intervention du tribunal?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27503                    VILLE DE MONTRÉAL - c. - SAMEN INVESTMENTS INC. - et - PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU QUÉBEC - et entre - VILLE DE MONTRÉAL - c. - MONIT INTERNATIONAL INC. - et - PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU QUÉBEC - et entre - VILLE DE MONTRÉAL - c. - SCOTIA PROPERTIES QUÉBEC INC. et MONIT INTERNATIONAL INC. - et - PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU QUÉBEC - et entre - VILLE DE MONTRÉAL - c. - PLACEMENTS MIRLAW LTÉE et MONIT INTERNATIONAL INC. - et - PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU QUÉBEC (Qué.)

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

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Dépens - Cause type - Refus de se désister - Requête en péremption d’instance - Requête en irrecevabilité - Déclaration amendée - Adjudication des frais - Chaque partie paye ses propres frais - Le premier juge et la Cour d’appel ont-ils erré en droit en négligeant d’abord de statuer sur la requête en péremption d’instance de la demanderesse? - La déclaration amendée de l’intimée, la requête pour jugement et adjudication sur frais et l’inscription ex parte des intimées constituent-elles des procédures utiles? - Le premier juge et la Cour d’appel ont-ils erré en droit en refusant de considérer les amendements à la déclaration amendée comme un désistement bénéficiant à la demanderesse, et, en conséquence, d’adjuger les frais en faveur de la demanderesse conformément à l’article 264 C.p.c.? - Le premier juge et la Cour d’appel ont-ils erré en droit en refusant de considérer la requête pour jugement et adjudication sur frais de l’intimée, dans laquelle l’intimée admet que sa procédure est mal fondée, comme un désistement bénéficiant à la demanderesse et, en conséquence, d’adjuger les frais en faveur de la demanderesse conformément à l’article 264 C.p.c.? - Dans la mesure où cette Cour en arriverait à la conclusion que le Tribunal qui accueille une requête en irrecevabilité peut discrétionnairement statuer sur les dépens, le premier juge et la Cour d’appel ont-ils exercé leur discrétion pour des motifs recevables en fait ou en droit? - La décision de la Cour d’appel dans l’affaire Germain c. Ville de Montréal a-t-elle l’autorité de la chose jugée quant aux frais dans toutes les présentes instances?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27527                    DANIEL FAVREAU, LES PRODUCTIONS DE FAVREAU INC. et GROUPE B.A.I. INC. - c. - LES PRODUCTIONS AVANTI CINÉ VIDÉO INC. (Qué.)

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

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit des biens - Droit d’auteur - Utilisation équitable d’une oeuvre à des fins de critique - Parodie - Film érotique - Pour déterminer si un personnage d’une oeuvre dramatique cinématographique bénéficie, en vertu du droit d’auteur canadien, d’une protection propre et indépendante de l’oeuvre dramatique elle-même, doit-on faire une distinction entre les caractéristiques originales propres aux personnages et l’interprétation du comédien qui l’incarne? - Comment et dans quelle mesure la Loi sur le droit d’auteur accommode-t-elle la parodie?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27518                    ARNOLD MINORS - v. - THE TORONTO SUN PUBLISHING CORPORATION, HARTLEY STEWARD, JOHN DOWNING, CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD, JAMES WALLACE, JEFF HARDER, ROBERT BENZIE, TRACY NESDOLAY and ANDY DONATO (Ont.)

CORAM:               L’Heureux-Dubé, Bastarache and LeBel 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

Torts - Libel and slander - Respondents publishing a series of articles and columns concerning the actions and words of a public official - Extent to which social context in which a publication will be read and understood should be taken into consideration in determining the meaning of an allegedly defamatory publication.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27695                    PERCY EDWARD AUGUSTINE - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(N.B.)

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

The motion 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

Criminal law - Sentencing - Evidence - Aboriginal - Whether the verdict of manslaughter should be set aside on the ground that it is unreasonable or cannot be supported by the evidence - Whether the trial judge erred in giving improper or insufficient reasons for his verdict - Whether the trial judge misapprehend the evidence adduced at trial, so as to result in a miscarriage of justice - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in varying the sentence imposed by the trial judge.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27708                    THOMAS REARDON - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Sexual Assault - Whether the learned trial Judge erred in making assumptions as to the character and behaviour of the complainant without a factual basis for those findings - Whether the learned trial Judge erred in making assumptions as to the character and behaviour of the complainant in areas where the Applicant is precluded from calling evidence by the provisions of the Criminal Code  thus creating an unfairness to the Applicant amounting to a violation of his rights pursuant to Section 7  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Whether the learned trial Judge erred in rejecting the evidence of the witness Brandiferri where there was nothing inherently objectionable with that evidence which called for its rejection - Whether the learned trial Judge erred in rejecting the Applicant’s statement given to a person in authority as being self-serving given the statement had been made with proper warning and having been ruled voluntary?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27709                    E.T.H. - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Alta.)

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

The motion 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

Criminal law - Pleas - Withdrawal of guilty plea - In an application to withdraw a guilty plea prior to sentencing, is it sufficient to show a viable defence or must an accused also show that the guilty plea was entered involuntarily - What tests and standards of review are to be applied to applications to strike a guilty plea were sentence has not yet been imposed?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27814                    A.-L.T. - v. - W.B. (Que.)

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

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

La demande de prorogation de délai est accordée et la demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Family law - Access - Procedural law - Jurisdiction - Whether Respondent’s application for access should be heard by court in Québec where parties last cohabited or in British Columbia where children reside with Applicant

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27712                    DAVID MASMARTI - c. - Me BERNARD COHEN et Dr CLAUDE THERRIEN - et - LA COMMISSION DES AFFAIRES SOCIALES et LA SOCIÉTÉ D’ASSURANCE AUTOMOBILE DU QUÉBEC (Qué.)

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

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit administratif - Contrôle judiciaire - La Commission des affaires sociales (ci-après “la C.A.S.”) a-t-elle commis une erreur juridictionnelle en ne considérant pas les faits nouveaux survenus après l’audience en révision? - La C.A.S. a-t-elle commis une erreur manifestement déraisonnable en décidant d’écarter l’opinion présentée par le docteur  P. Cervantes sur la base que ce dernier ne peut valablement émettre une opinion sur un patient qu’il n’a pas examiné contemporainement au mois de mars 1989? - Dans l’affirmative, la C.A.S. aurait-elle dû considérer le demandeur inapte à retourner au travail et ainsi continuer le versement des indemnités de remplacement du revenu de ce dernier?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27312                    BERNARD GERARDUS MARIA BERENDSEN and MARIA BERDINA HELENA BERENDSEN, YVONNE BERENDSEN and MARY BERENDSEN and the infant WILBERT BERENDSEN by his litigation guardian MARIA BERNARDINA HELENA BERENDSEN  ‑ v. ‑  HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO (Ont.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Limitation of actions - Public authorities - Whether s. 7 of the Public Authorities Protection Act applies to protect the Crown in historic environmental contamination cases - Whether an action involving historic environmental contamination is reasonably discoverable until the tortfeasor is identified - Whether the phrase “continuance of injury or damage” in s. 7 of the Public Authorities Protection Act includes acts, omissions and breaches of duty which occur or continue after environmental contamination has commenced, so as to prevent reliance upon a limitation defence - Whether express or implied representations and conduct constitute waiver or promissory estoppel so as to prevent reliance upon a limitation defence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27669                    DANIEL MATTHEW NETTE  ‑ v. ‑  HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.) (B.C.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Murder - Causation - Whether the causation test for second degree murder is lower that the standard articulated by R. v. Harbottle, [1993] 3 S.C.R. 306, for first degree murder - What is the correct formulation for the standard of causation for second degree murder?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27427                    JANINE BAILEY  ‑ v. ‑  HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA and  THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION  - and between -  ELISABETH LAVOIE, JEANNE TO THANH HIEN  - v. -  HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA and THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION  (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

The applications for leave to appeal are granted with costs.

Les demandes d’autorisation d’appel sont accordées avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian  Charter  - Civil - Civil rights - Equality - Whether s. 15(1) of the Charter  protects against discrimination between citizens and non-citizens in referral to open competitions for positions in the federal public service - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in finding that it did not - Public Service Employment Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. P-33, s. 16(4) (c).

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

April 21, 1995

Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division (Wetston J.)

Applicants’ actions dismissed

May 19, 1999

Federal Court of Appeal

(Marceau, Desjardins and Linden [dissenting] JJ.A.)

Appeals dismissed

August 12, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed by Applicant Bailey

August 18, 1999

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed by Applicants Lavoie and To Thanh Hien

27670                    J.H.  ‑ v. ‑  HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN  (Crim.) (Ont.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Young Offenders - Right to Counsel -  Young Offenders Act  permits an order to appoint counsel if a young person is unable to obtain counsel - Accused before Youth Court was denied legal aid and applied for an order appointing counsel claiming she was unable to obtain counsel - Whether Youth Court is required to conduct a hearing into the youth’s ability to obtain counsel before granting order - Whether hearing should consider a young person's  ability to access the financial  resources of his or her parents -  Meaning of “unable to” in s. 11(4) (b) of the Young Offenders Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. Y‑1 .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27732                    DONALD RUSSELL  ‑ v. ‑  HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN  (Crim.) (Ont.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Pre-Trial Procedure - Preliminary hearing - Committal for Trial - Murder - First degree - Certiorari- Review of committal - Natural Justice - Jurisdiction of committing judge - Jurisdiction of reviewing judge - Accused allegedly forcibly confines complainant and murders another victim while complainant confined - Judge presiding over preliminary hearing commits accused for trial on first degree murder based on a conclusion that the alleged murder was caused while committing forcible confinement -  Reviewing judge quashes committal and orders committal on charge of second degree murder - Court of Appeal restores committal on charge of first degree murder - Jurisdiction of the preliminary hearing judge to commit accused to trial on first degree murder - Jurisdiction of reviewing judge - Estoppel of issue of reviewing judge’s jurisdiction - Whether prosecution for first degree murder offends principles of natural justice - Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46,  s. 231(5) .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27471                    BELSHIPS (FAR EAST) SHIPPING (PTE) LTD.  ‑ v. ‑  CANADIAN PACIFIC FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour 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 - Contracts - Exclusion clauses - Torts - Negligence - Whether the lower courts erred in finding that the exemption clause in bills of lading did not exclude liability of the Applicants for their own or their employees’ negligence  - Common carriers versus bailees - Canada Steamship Lines Ltd. v. The King, [1952] A.C. 192 (P.C.) - Hunter Engineering Co. v. Syncrude Canada Ltd., [1989] 1 S.C.R. 426.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27790                    MANICKAVASAGAM SURESH  ‑ v. ‑  THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION and THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Immigration law - Convention refugee - Member of an inadmissible class - Terrorism - Whether there is a conflict in the application of ss. 7  and 1  of the Charter  regarding the assessment of individual rights and societal interests - Whether the principles of a free and democratic society allow sending a Convention refugee to a country which may torture him - Whether the procedural protections in place for a determination under s. 53 of the Immigration Act pass constitutional scrutiny - Whether lawful political activity in support of a national liberation movement is protected expression and whether the right to freedom of association in this context can be claimed by a non-citizen.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27792                    MANSOUR AHANI  ‑ v. ‑  THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION and THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA (F.C.A.)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Immigration law - Convention refugee - Member of an inadmissible class - Terrorism - Whether there is a conflict in the application of ss. 7  and 1  of the Charter  regarding the assessment of individual rights and societal interests - Whether the principles of a free and democratic society allow sending a Convention refugee to a country which may torture him - Whether the procedural protections in place for a determination under s. 53 of the Immigration Act pass constitutional scrutiny - Whether the right to freedom of association can be claimed by a non-citizen.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

17.5.2000

Before / Devant:   LE REGISTRAIRE

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Délai prorogé au 1 mai 2000.

17.5.2000

Before / Devant:    THE REGISTRAR

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

Karl Find

     v. (27495)

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

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

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to May 8, 2000.

18.5.2000

Before / Devant:   GONTHIER J.

Motion by the respondent to expedite the decision on the application for leave to appeal

Giacinto Arcuri

     v. (27797)

Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

Requête de la part de l’intimée visant à accélérer la décision sur la demande d’autorisation d’appel

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

18.5.2000

Before / Devant:   McLACHLIN J.

Miscellaneous motions

Glen Sebastian Burns, et al.

     v. (26211)

United States of America (Crim.)(B.C.)

Autres requêtes

GRANTED / ACCORDÉES

UPON APPLICATION by counsel on behalf of the Respondents for an order for directions concerning a motion to re-open the application for leave to appeal regarding their committal for extradition;

UPON CONSIDERING the materials filed by the parties in respect thereof:

IT IS ORDERED that:

1.             The hearing of the appeal from the Minister’s surrender decision will proceed as scheduled on May 23, 2000.

2.             The applicants may be heard orally on the other elements of the motion for directions at the beginning of the hearing on May 23, 2000, but any time used for oral argument on the motion will be subtracted from the time allotted for oral argument on the appeal.   If the applicants decide not to address the Court orally on the motion, the Court will deal with the motion on the basis of the materials filed.

3.             The applicants will notify counsel for the Law Society of British Columbia of their intentions respecting oral argument on the motion on or before May 19, 2000 so that he may make arrangements to be heard by teleconference, if need be.

19.5.2000

Before / Devant:    BINNIE J.

Motion to file a reply factum on appeal

The Minister of National Revenue

    v. (27066)

Grand Chief Michael Mitchell also known as Kanentakeron (F.C.A.)

Requête en autorisation de dépôt d'un mémoire en réplique

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION of the respondent for leave to file a reply factum of not more than 10 pages in response to the factums filed by the Attorneys General of Quebec, New Brunswick, Manitoba and British Columbia, and for additional time for oral argument in order to respond to the arguments presented by these four interveners;

AND UPON READING THE CONSENT of the appellant, the Minister of National Revenue, filed:

IT IS ORDERED that leave be granted to the respondent to file, on or before Friday, May 26, 2000, a reply factum of not more than 10 pages in response to the factums filed by the Attorneys General of Quebec, New Brunswick, Manitoba and British Columbia;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the oral argument of Grand Chief Michael Mitchell be extended to one hour and 20 minutes;

AND IT IS ORDERED that the appellant, the Minister of National Revenue be granted an additional 10 minutes to be utilized either as part of the main argument or in reply.

19.5.2000

Before / Devant:   IACOBUCCI J.

Motion for extension of time and leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                Boards of Education of the Regina School Division No. 4 et al.

IN/DANS:              Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association, et al.

                                                v. (27363)

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

Requête en prorogation de délai et en autorisation d'intervenir

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the Boards of Education of the Regina School Division, No. 4, Saskatchewan Rivers School Division No. 119, Swift Current School Division No. 94, Weyburn School Division No. 97, Yorkton School Division No. 93, Moose Jaw School Division No. 1 and Saskatoon School Division No. 13, for an extension of time and for leave to intervene in the above appeal;

AND HAVING READ the material filed;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1)             The motion for an extension of time and for leave to intervene of the applicants Boards of Education of the Regina School Division No. 4, Saskatchewan Rivers School Division No. 119, Swift Current School Division No. 94, Weyburn School Division No. 97, Yorkton School Division No. 93, Moose Jaw School Division No. 1 and Saskatoon School Division No. 13, 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 their factums and oral submissions.

Pursuant to Rule 18(6) the interveners shall pay to the appellants and respondent any additional disbursements occasioned to the appellants and respondent by the interventions.

24.5.2000

CORAM:               Iacobucci, Major, Bastarache, Binnie and Arbour JJ.

Motion to quash and motion by the appellant for substitution of party

The Law Society of British Columbia

     v. (27108)

Jaswant Singh Mangat and Westcoast Immigration Consultants Ltd. (B.C.)

Requête en annulation et requête de l’appelante en substitution d’une partie

Craig P. Dennis and Mel Crowson, for the motion.

William S. Berardino, Q.C., for the appellant.

Jack Giles, Q.C., for the intervener Organization of Professional Immigration Consultants Inc.

IACOBUCCI J. (orally):

The application by the Respondent Mangat to quash the appeal for mootness is denied.

The appellant The Law Society of British Columbia shall pay the fair and reasonable costs of the Respondent Mangat for the Motion heard today and for the appeal in the Supreme Court of Canada; in the event of no such agreement, the parties shall return to the Court fo an order.

The motion to add Ms. Jill Sparling is granted without costs.

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LE JUGE IACOBUCCI (oralement):

La demande présentée par l’intimé Mangat en vue de faire annuler l’appel pour cause d’absence de caractère pratique est rejetée.

L’appelante The Law Society of British Columbia devra payer les dépens justes et raisonnables de l’intimé Mangat relativement à la requête entendue aujourd’hui et à l’appel devant la Cour suprême du Canada; à défaut d’un tel accord, les parties devront s’adresser de nouveau à la Cour pour qu’elle rende une ordonnance à ce sujet.

La requête visant à ajouter M^me Jill Sparling est accordée sans dépens.

16.5.2000

Terrence Blake Scott

    v. (27781)

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

AS OF RIGHT

17.5.2000

Her Majesty the Queen

      v. (27477)

John R. Singleton (F.C.A.)

18.5.2000

Osoyoos Indian Band

     v. (27408)

The Town of Oliver et al. (B.C.)

18.5.2000

Sa Majesté la Reine

     c. (27652)

Réjean Parent (Qué.)

17.5.2000

Westar Petroleum Ltd., et al.

    v.  (27188)

Colborne Capital Corporation, et al. (Alta.)

(appeal)

23.5.00

CORAM:               Chief Justice McLachlin and L’Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier, Iacobucci, Major, Bastarache, Binnie, Arbour and LeBel JJ.

RE-HEARING / NOUVELLE AUDITION

Minister of Justice

v.  (26129)

Glen Sebastian Burns and Atif Ahmad Rafay (Crim.)(B.C.)

S. David Frankel, Q.C. and Deborah J. Strachan, for the appellant.

Marlys A. Edwardh, Clayton Ruby, Jill Copeland and A. Breese Davies, for the respondent Atif Ahmad Rafay.

Edward L. Greenspan, Q.C. and Alison Wheeler, for the respondent Glen Sebastian Burns.

David Matas and Mark Hecht, for the intervener Amnesty International, Canadian Section (English speaking).

Michael Lomer and James Lockyer, for the intervener Criminal Lawyers Association.

Richard C.C. Peck, Q.C. and Nikos Harris, for the intervener Washington Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers (written submission only).

No one appearing for the intervener The Senate of Italian Republic (written submission by Lorne Waldman).

No one appearing for the intervener International Centre for Criminal Law & Human Rights (written submission by Martin W. Mason).

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

Nature of the case:

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Extradition - Mobility Rights - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that in the absence of assurances that the requesting state would not seek the death penalty the surrender of the Respondent would violate their rights under s. 6(1)  of the Charter  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Minister failed to properly exercise his discretion in deciding not to seek assurances that the requesting state would not seek the death penalty.

Nature de la cause:

Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  - Droit criminel - Extradition - Liberté de circulation et d’établissement - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle commis une erreur en concluant que, en l’absence d’assurances que l’État requérant ne demanderait pas la peine de mort, livrer les intimés violerait les droits que leur reconnaît l’art. 6(1)  de la Charte ? - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle commis une erreur en concluant que le ministre n’a pas bien exercé son pouvoir discrétionnaire en décidant de ne pas demander des assurances que l’État requérant ne demanderait pas la peine de mort?

25.5.2000