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August 1, 2003 1194 - 1208                                                                  le 1er août 2003


CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

 

 

 

Applications for leave to appeal

filed

 

Applications for leave submitted

to Court since last issue

 

Oral hearing ordered

 

Oral hearing on applications for

leave

 

Judgments on applications for

leave

 

Judgment on motion

 

Motions

 

Notice of reference

 

Notices of appeal filed since last

issue

 

Notices of intervention filed since

last issue

 

Notices of discontinuance filed since

last issue

 

Appeals heard since last issue and disposition

 

Pronouncements of appeals reserved

 

 

Rehearing

 

Headnotes of recent judgments

 

Agenda

 

Summaries of the cases

 

Notices to the Profession and

Press Release

 

Deadlines: Appeals

 

Judgments reported in S.C.R.

 

1194 - 1195

 

 

1196 - 1203

 

 

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1204 - 1205

 

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1206

 

 

1207

 

 

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1208

 

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Demandes d'autorisation d'appel

déposées

 

Demandes soumises à la Cour depuis la dernière parution

 

Audience ordonnée

 

Audience sur les demandes d'autorisation

 

 

Jugements rendus sur les demandes                                                                                  d'autorisation

 

Jugement sur requête

 

Requêtes

 

Avis de renvoi

 

Avis d'appel déposés depuis la dernière parution

 

Avis d'intervention déposés depuis la                                                                                    dernière parution

 

Avis de désistement déposés depuis la     dernière parution

 

Appels entendus depuis la dernière

parution et résultat

 

Jugements rendus sur les appels en

délibéré

 

Nouvelle audition

 

Sommaires des arrêts récents

 

Calendrier

 

Résumés des affaires

 

Avis aux avocats et communiqué

de presse

 

Délais: Appels

 

Jugements publiés au R.C.S.



APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL FILED

 

DEMANDES D'AUTORISATION D'APPEL DÉPOSÉES


                                                                                                                                                                                                                  


 

In the Matter of an Application Under s. 83.28 of the Criminal Code  (B.C.) (29872)

 

This file has been sealed by order of LeBel J. dated July 25, 2003.

 

FILING DATE: 25.7.2003

 

 

Her Majesty the Queen

Jamie C. Klukach

A.G. of Ontario

 

v. (29865)

 

K.K., et al. (Ont.)

David Gomes

 

FILING DATE: 16.7.2003

 

 

Henri Harrosch

Eric Sutton

Girouard, Peris, Pappas, Sutton, Prihoda

& Dickson

 

v. (29856)

 

The Republic of France (Que.)

Christian Jarry

A.G. of Canada

 

FILING DATE: 18.7.2003

 

 

Fuad Mashaal

Alfred Bélisle

Bélisle Dubé St-Jean Guyot

 

c. (29873)

 

Midland Walwyn Capital Inc. (Qué.)

Max R. Bernard

Heenan Blaikie

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION : 13.7.2003

 

 


 

Syndicat des travailleurs et des travailleuses des Épiciers unis Métro-Richelieu (CSN)

Richard Mercier

Laplante et Associés

 

c. (29869)

 

Tribunal du travail, et autres (Qué.)

Tribunal du travail

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION : 22.7.2003

 

 

Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des Épiciers unis Métro-Richelieu (CSN)

Richard Mercier

Laplante et Associés

 

c. (29870)

 

Tribunal du travail, et autres (Qué.)

Tribunal du travail

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION : 22.7.2003

 

 

Canadian National Institute for the Blind

David Harris

 

v. (29867)

 

Canada Life Assurance Company (Ont.)

Barbara L. Franklin

Canada Life Assurance Company

 

FILING DATE: 21.7.2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Danielle Benchimol


Alfred Bélisle

Bélisle Dubé St-Jean Guyot

 

c. (29871)

 

Midland Walwyn Capital Inc. (Qué.)

Max R. Bernard

Heenan Blaikie

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION : 18.7.2003

 

 

Great American Insurance Company, et al.

Hillel David

Aylesworth Thompson Phelan O’Brien

 

v. (29874)

 

Father Francis Reed, et al. (Ont.)

Ronald G. Slaght, Q.C.

Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin

 

FILING DATE: 25.7.2003

 

 

Franklin Godwin

Franklin Godwin

 

v. (29348)

 

Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.)

Fergus O’Donnell

A.G. of Canada

 

FILING DATE: 24.7.2003

 

 

 


 




APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE 

SUBMITTED TO COURT SINCE LAST ISSUE

 

 

DEMANDES SOUMISES À LA COUR DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION


 

July 28, 2003 / Le 28 juillet 2003

 

                              CORAM:  Chief Justice McLachlin and Bastarache and Deschamps JJ. /

Le juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Bastarache et Deschamps

 

Sameer Mapara

 

v. ( 29750)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law (non-Charter) - Evidence - Admission - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in affirming the trial judge’s decision to admit the testimony of an accomplice about a double hearsay statement that implicated the Applicant in a joint venture to murder - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in affirming the reasonableness of the trial judge’s decision that the Araujo test for investigative necessity under s. 186(1) (b) of the Criminal Code  was met for authorization #7 without giving proper consideration to the fact that another trial judge had reached the opposite conclusion - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in affirming the trial judge’s decision to admit call #79 on the basis that a target who initiates a telecommunication is always a “party to the communication” even when he is not on the phone, or otherwise participating in the conversation.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 


December 5, 2000

Supreme Court of British Columbia

(Oppal J.)

 

Statements of a co-accused deemed admissible

 

 

 



December 28, 2001

Supreme Court of British Columbia

(Oppal J.)

 

Applicant’s application to exclude evidence of interceptions of private communications denied

 

 

 



February 6, 2001

Supreme Court of British Columbia

(Oppal J.)

 

Applicant convicted of first degree murder contrary to s. 235  of the Criminal Code 

 

 

 

March 4, 2003

Court of Appeal for British Columbia

(Donald, Saunders and Low JJ.A.)

 

Appeal against conviction dismissed

 

 

 

May 5, 2003

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 



Ewa Lipczynska‑Kochany

 

v. (29718)

 

University of Waterloo (Ont.)

 

AND BETWEEN:

 

Ewa Lipczynska‑Kochany

 

v.

 

Robert Gillham, James Kalbfleisch and University of Waterloo (Ont.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Commercial Law - Torts - Contracts - Defamation - Whether the decisions below are inconsistent with Charter guarantees to reputation, income, security, professional career in any province, innocence, natural justice and fair treatment - Whether the Court of Appeal failed to take into account the situation at the trial and the contradictory evidence given by the Respondents - Whether the Court of Appeal decided the case without due consideration of the evidence and the relevant and established principles of law.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 


September 4, 2001

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

(Lissaman J.)

 

Applicant’s actions for damages arising out of an employment contract and defamation, dismissed

 

 

 

February 27, 2003

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Doherty, Austin and Gillese JJ.A.)

 

Appeal dismissed

 

 

 

April 28, 2003

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 


 

Le Procureur général du Québec, la Commission de la construction du Québec et

la Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail

 

c. (29822)

 

Raymond Chabot inc., ès qualités de syndic à la faillite de D.I.M.S. Construction inc. (Qué.)

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 


Droit commercial - Faillite - Créanciers - Ordre de priorité - Les principes émis par la Cour suprême dans Husky Oil Operations Ltd c. Ministre du Revenu national, [1995] 3 R.C.S. 453, vont-ils jusqu’à commander l’inapplicabilité, dans un contexte de faillite, de dispositions législatives provinciales imposant à un tiers la responsabilité de la dette d’un failli, lorsqu’il découle de ces dispositions que le législateur a voulu et prévu que cette responsabilité puisse s’appliquer indépendamment des possibilités pour ce tiers de récupérer les sommes qu’il a payées? - Article 316 de la Loi sur les accidents du travail et les maladies professionnelles, L.R.Q., ch. A-3.001; art. 54 de la Loi sur les relations du travail, la formation professionnelle et la gestion de la main-d’oeuvre dans l'industrie de la construction, L.R.Q., ch. R-20; Loi sur la faillite et l'insolvabilité , L.R.C. 1985, ch. B-3 .

 

HISTORIQUE DES PROCÉDURES

 


Le 30 août 2000

Cour supérieure du Québec

(Le juge Trudeau)

 

Requête de l’intimée pour directives en vertu de l’art. 34  de la Loi sur la faillite et l’insolvabilité  rejetée

 

 

 

Le 10 avril 2003

Cour d’appel du Québec

(Les juges Robert j.c.q., Nuss et Lemelin [ad hoc])

 

Appel accueilli, jugement infirmé, requête pour directives accueillie: les art. 316 LATMP et 54 LRTIQ sont inapplicables dans le présent cas

 

 

 

Le 6 juin 2003

Cour suprême du Canada

 

Demande d'autorisation d'appel déposée

 

 

 

 


 

William Thomas Vaughan

 

v. (29712)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Administrative law - Jurisdiction - Labour law - Collective agreement - Statutes - Interpretation - Whether employees in the federal public service are entitled to pursue redress in the courts for work-related disputes rather than pursue a statutory grievance procedure which does not provide for third party arbitration.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 


January 31, 2000

Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division

(Aronovitch, Prothonotary)


Respondent’s action to strike out Applicant’s statement of claim, allowed


November 13, 2001

Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division

(Heneghan J.)

 

Appeal dismissed

 

 

 

February 14, 2003

Federal Court of Appeal

(Richard C.J., Sexton and Evans JJ.A.)

 

Appeal dismissed

 

 

 

April 15, 2003

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 



CORAM:  Gonthier, Major and Arbour JJ. /

Les juges Gonthier, Major et Arbour

 

Yaw Sarfo Mensah

 

v. (29746)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Canadian Charter  - Criminal - Criminal Law- Evidence - Motive - Financial circumstances of accused - Whether evidence that applicant was impecunious and receiving employment insurance was properly admitted as evidence of motive to import heroin for profit.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 


October 30, 2001

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

(Snowie J.)

 

Conviction: importing heroin

 

 

 

January 24, 2002

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

(Snowie J.)

 

Sentence: 9 years and 3.5 months imprisonment

 

 

 

March 31, 2003

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Abella, Simmons and Armstrong JJ.A.)

 

Appeal against conviction dismissed;

Appeal against sentence allowed, sentence varied to 7.5 years

 

 

 

May 2, 2003

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 


 

Shaw Communications Inc.

 

v. (29795)

 

Minister of National Revenue (F.C.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Statutes - Interpretation - Whether certain Workers are employees or independent contractors for the purposes of employment insurance and the Canada Pension Plan - Weight to be placed on contractual provisions declaring workers to be independent contractors carrying on their own business

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 



June 13, 2002

Tax Court of Canada

(Mogan J.)

 

 

 

 

 

Applicant’s appeals from a decision by the Respondent concerning the status of certain employees, dismissedApril 1, 2003

Federal Court of Appeal

(Rothstein, Evans and Malone JJ.A.)

 

Appeal dismissed

 

 

 

May 30, 2003

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 


 

M.A. and T.A.

 

v. (29686)

 

Attorney General of Canada (Sask.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Torts - Assessment - Damages - Actions for damages for emotional injuries and financial losses suffered as a consequence of sexual assault - Trial judge awarding $30,000 non-pecuniary damages, $15,000 aggravated damages and $15,000 punitive damages to each of the Applicants - Quantum of non-pecuniary damages appealed - Court of Appeal reducing non-pecuniary damage award to $20,000 and disallowing aggravated damages - What is the correct standard of review of the appellate court of a province and is that standard different for the Appellate Court of Saskatchewan - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in substituting its view of appropriate damages under the guise of determining that the damages at trial were inordinately high.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 


November 7, 2001

Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan

(Barclay J.)

 

Applicants’ actions for damages allowed in part; general damages in the amount of $30, 000 and aggravated damages in the amount of $15,000; and $15,000 punitive damages for each Applicant awarded

 

 

 

January 22, 2003

Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan

(Sherstobitoff, Lane and Jackson JJ.A.)

 

Appeal against the amount of non-pecuniary damages, allowed; amount of damages reduced to $20 000 for each Applicant; no aggravated damages

 

 

 

March 24, 2003

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 


 

New Solutions Financial Corporation

 

v. (29355)

 

Transport North American Express Inc. (Ont.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Commercial law - Criminal law - Statutes - Contracts - Loan - Creditor and debtor - Criminal Code   - Criminal rate of interest - Severability - Whether in reversing the decision of the application judge, the Court of Appeal held that the Respondent had not shown that the other fees and charges were clearly part of the interest rate payment and whether such finding conflicts with the definition of the term “interest” provided by section 347(2)  of the Criminal Code .


PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 


May 23, 2001

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

(Cullity J.)

 

Rate of interest in the agreement between the parties contravenes section 347(1) (a) of the Criminal Code ; Applicant entitled to enforce payments except that monthly interest rate changed to reduce effective annual interest rate for purposes of s. 347 to 60%

 

 

 

June 17, 2002

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Rosenberg, Feldman and Sharpe [dissenting] JJ.A.)

 

Appeal allowed

 

 

 

September 16, 2002

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 

February 20, 2003

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for leave to appeal granted

 

 

 

June 25, 2003

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for an extension of time and for leave to cross- appeal pursuant to Rule 29 filed

 

 

 


 

CORAM:  Iacobucci, Binnie and LeBel JJ. /

Les juges Iacobucci, Binnie et LeBel

 

Normand Martineau

 

c. (29794)

 

Le Ministre du Revenu national (C.A.F.)

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  - Al. 11c) - Droit administratif - Droit fiscal - Douanes et accise - Saisie - Avis de confiscation compensatoire - Loi sur les douanes,  L.R.C. (1985), ch. 1 (2 e  suppl .) - Par. 135.(1) - Règles de la Cour fédérale (1998) - Règle 236(2) - Procédure - Jugements et ordonnances - Procédure préalable au procès - Interrogatoire au préalable - La Cour d’appel fédérale a-t-elle commis une erreur de droit en refusant de reconnaître au demandeur le statut d’inculpé au sens de l’alinéa 11 c)  de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  dans les procédures judiciaires entreprises ? -  La Cour d’appel fédérale a-t-elle commis une erreur de droit en refusant de reconnaître que l’avis de confiscation compensatoire prévu à l’art. 124  de la Loi sur les douanes  est une véritable conséquence pénale au sens du test établit dans la décision R. c. Wigglesworth [1987] 2 R.C.S. 541 ?

 

HISTORIQUE DES PROCÉDURES

 



Le 11 décembre 2001

Cour fédérale du Canada,

Section de première instance

(Le protonotaire Morneau)                

 

 

 

 

 


Requête de l’intimé visant à soumettre le demandeur à un interrogatoire au préalable en vertu de la règle 236(2) des Règles de la Cour fédérale (1998), accueillie

 

 

 

 

 


Le 28 janvier 2002

Cour fédérale du Canada,

Section de première instance

(Le juge Blais)

 

Appel de la décision du protonotaire, rejeté

 

 

 

Le 3 avril 2003

Cour d’appel fédérale

(Les juges Létourneau, Nadon et Pelletier)

 

Appel rejeté

 

 

 

Le 2 juin 2003

Cour suprême du Canada

 

Le 21 mai 2003

Demande d’autorisation d’appel déposée

 

 

 


 

David S. MacKay

 

v. (29765)

 

Ministry of Social Development and Economic Security and the Attorney General of British Columbia (B.C.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  – Civil – Civil rights – Social welfare – Recipient of income assistance having benefits reduced upon receiving Canada Pension Plan survivor pension benefit following death of common law partner – Deduction of CPP survivor pension mandated by B.C. Benefits (Income Assistance) Act and Regulations, as constituting “unearned income” – In an application for relief under section 15  of the Charter  can the Court reject the grounds of discrimination and the relevant comparator group without considering the actual position of the Applicant? – Does the Charter  apply to intra-governmental arrangements made outside of the legislative sphere? – Are widows on welfare discriminated against compared with all other widows in receipt of Canada Pension Plan survivor’s benefits, by the fact that they are denied the benefit of those payments through dollar-for dollar reduction by the provincial authorities? – Did the courts below err in failing to acknowledge that “saving money” is not sufficient grounds to deny widows and widowers on welfare the effective benefit arising from their right in perpetuity to the federal survivor’s benefit? – B.C. Benefits (Income Assistance) Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 75/97 s. 1 (f)Canadian Charter  of Right and Freedoms, s. 15(1).

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 


March 15, 2002

Supreme Court of British Columbia

(Dillon J.)

 

Applicant’s petition to declare the definition of unearned income unconstitutional, dismissed

 

 

 

March 11, 2003

Court of Appeal for British Columbia

(Southin, Rowles and Prowse JJ.A.)

 

Appeal dismissed

 

 

 

May 7, 2003

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 



Corazon Macatula

 

v. (29757)

 

Jean Tessier, Larry Tessier, Helen Tessier, Ken Tessier, Darryl Tessier, Clint Tessier and Blair Tessier (Man.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Procedural law – Appeal – Standard of review – Contracts – Verbal agreement – Home care worker purchasing winning lottery ticket for client – Proceeds exceeded $11 million – Whether verbal agreement existed to split proceeds of winning ticket – Whether court of appeal applied incorrect standard in reviewing decision of trial judge who found no agreement existed – Whether the application of the “evidence to support” standard of review, in isolation from and without regard to the “palpable and overriding error” standard of review, is incorrect.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 


March 28, 2002

Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba

(Schwartz J.)

 

Applicant’s action dismissed: no verbal agreement found to exist between Applicant and Respondent Jean Tessier

 

 

 

March 3, 2003

Court of Appeal of Manitoba

(Huband [dissenting], Monnin and Steel JJ.A.)

 

Appeal dismissed

 

 

 

May 1, 2003

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

 


 

 



MOTIONS

 

REQUÊTES

 


 

22.7.2003

 

Before / Devant :   IACOBUCCI J.

 


Motion for a stay of execution

 

Attorney General of Canada, et al.

 

v. (29842)

 

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (B.C.)

 

 

Requête en vue de surseoir à l'exécution

 

 

 


GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

UPON APPLICATION by the applicants Attorney General of Canada and Paul Martin for a stay of execution;

 

AND HAVING READ the material filed ;

 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

 

1.             The application for a stay of execution pending the application for leave to appeal and, if leave is granted, pending the final determination of the appeal, is granted;

 

2.             There shall be no order as to costs;

 

3.             The application for leave to appeal shall be expedited.

 

 

22.7.2003

 

Before / Devant :   THE REGISTRAR

 


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

 

Robert Kenneth Hartshorne

 

v. (29531)

 

Kathleen Mary Mildred Hartshorne (B.C.)

 

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer les dossier, mémoire et recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine de l’appelant

 

 

 


GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to July 18, 2003.

 


23.7.2003

 

Before / Devant :   IACOBUCCI J.

 


Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the record and factum and of the respondent and to present oral argument at the hearing of the appeal

 

Sa Majesté la Reine

 

c. (29198)

 

Jacques Fontaine (Crim.)(Qué.)

 

 

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer les dossier et mémoire de l’intimé et requête visant à présenter une plaidoirie orale à l'audition de l'appel

 

 

 


GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Délai prorogé au 4 juillet 2003.

 

 

23.7.2003

 

Before / Devant :   IACOBUCCI J.

 


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

 

Richard Kappo, Councillor of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, on behalf of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation

 

v. (29855)

 

The Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (Municipal District of Greenview No. 16), et al. (Alta.)

 

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour déposer la demande d'autorisation

 

 

 


GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to July 3, 2003.

 

 

 



NOTICES OF INTERVENTION FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

 

AVIS D’INTERVENTION DÉPOSÉS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION


                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

23.7.2003

 

BY/PAR:                Attorney General of British Columbia

 

IN/DANS:              Minister of Human Resources Development Canada

 

  v. (29351)

 

Betty Hodge (F.C.A.)

 

 

23.7.2003

 

BY/PAR:                Attorney General of British Columbia

 

IN/DANS:              Director, Income Maintenance Branch, Ministry of Community and Social Services and Attorney General of Ontario

 

  v. (29294)

 

Sandra Falkner, Deborah Sears, Cynthia Johnston-Pepping and Claude Marie Cadieux (Ont.)

 



NOTICE OF DISCONTINUANCE FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

 

AVIS DE DÉSISTEMENT DÉPOSÉS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

 


 


23.7.2003

 

Canadian Pacific Limited

 

v. (29427)

 

Attorney General of Canada on behalf of HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA, et al. (B.C.)

 

(Leave)

 

 

 


 


 



The Fall Session of the Supreme Court of Canada will commence October 6, 2003.

 

The Supreme Court of Canada has enacted new rules that came into force on June 28, 2002.

 

Pursuant to the Supreme Court Act and Rules, the following requirements for filing must be complied with before an appeal can be heard:

 

1) For notices of appeal filed on and after June 28, 2002

 

 

Appellant’s record; appellant’s factum; and appellant’s book(s) of authorities  must be filed within 12 weeks of the filing of the notice of appeal or 12 weeks from decision on the motion to state a constitutional question.

 

 

Respondent’s record (if any); respondent’s factum; and respondent’s book(s) of authorities must be filed within eight weeks after the service of the appellant's documents.

 

 

Intervener's factum and intervener’s book(s) of authorities, (if any), must be filed within eight weeks of the order granting leave to intervene or within 20 weeks of the filing of a notice of intervention under subrule 61(4).

 

 

Parties’ condensed book, if required, must be filed on the day of hearing of the appeal.

 

2) For notices of appeal filed before June 28, 2002

 

Appellants record; appellants factum; and appellants book(s) of authorities  must be filed within four months of the filing of the notice of appeal.

 

Respondents record (if any); respondents factum; and respondents book(s) of authorities must be filed

within eight weeks of the date of service of the appellant's documents.

 

Intervener's factum and intervener’s book(s) of authorities, if any, must be filed within four weeks of the date of service of the respondent's factum, unless otherwise ordered.

 

Parties’ condensed book, if required, must be filed on or before the day of hearing of the appeal.

 

The Registrar shall enter the appeal on a list of cases to be heard after the respondent’s factum is filed or at the end of the eight-week period referred to in Rule 36.

 

La session d’ automne de la Cour suprême du Canada commencera le 6 octobre 2003.

 

La Cour suprême du Canada a adopté de nouvelles règles qui sont entrées en vigueur le 28 juin 2002.

 

Conformément à la Loi sur la Cour suprême et aux Règles, il faut se conformer aux exigences suivantes avant qu'un appel puisse être entendu:

 

1) Pour les avis d'appel déposés le ou après le 28 juin 2002

 

Le dossier de l’appelant, son mémoire et son recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine doivent être déposés dans les douze semaines du dépôt de l’avis d’appel ou douze semaines de la décision de la requête pour formulation d’une question constitutionnelle. 

 

Le dossier de l’intimé (le cas échéant), son mémoire et son recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine doivent être déposés dans les huit semaines suivant la signification des documents de l’appelant.

 

Le mémoire de l'intervenant et son recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine, le cas échéant, doivent être déposés dans les huit semaines suivant l’ordonnance autorisant l’intervention ou dans les vingt semaines suivant le dépôt de l’avis d’intervention visé au paragraphe 61(4).

 

Le recueil condensé des parties, le cas échéant, doivent être déposés le jour de l’audition de l’appel. 

 

2) Pour les avis d’appel déposés avant le 28 juin 2002

 

Le dossier de lappelant, son mémoire et son recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine doivent être déposés dans les quatre mois du dépôt de lavis dappel.

 

Le dossier de lintimé (le cas échéant), son mémoire et son recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine doivent être déposés dans les huit semaines suivant la signification des documents de lappelant.

 

Le mémoire de l'intervenant et son recueil de jurisprudence et de doctrine, le cas échéant, doivent être déposés dans les quatre semaines suivant la signification du mémoire de l'intimé, sauf ordonnance contraire.

 

Le recueil condensé des parties, le cas échéant, doivent être déposés au plus tard le jour de laudition de lappel.

 

Le registraire inscrit l’appel pour audition après le dépôt du mémoire de l’intimé ou à l’expiration du délai de huit semaines prévu à la règle 36.


 


                                                         SUPREME COURT OF CANADA SCHEDULE

                                                             CALENDRIER DE LA COUR SUPREME

 

                                                                                                          - 2003 -

        04-07-2002

 

OCTOBER - OCTOBRE

 

 

 

NOVEMBER - NOVEMBRE

 

 

 

DECEMBER - DECEMBRE

 

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Sittings of the court:

Séances de la cour:

 

 

   

 

18  sitting weeks/semaines séances de la cour              

87  sitting days/journées séances de la cour          

9    motion and conference days/ journées             

      requêtes.conférences                                         

3    holidays during sitting days/ jours fériés         

      durant les sessions                                                                                                                   

 

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 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.