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September 29, 1995                                  1378 - 1520 (INDEX)                                le 29 septembre 1995

                                                                 NOTICE / AVIS

CONTENTS                                                                                       TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Applications for leave to appeal                           1378 - 1379               Demandes d'autorisation d'appel

filed                                                                                                  déposées

Applications for leave submitted                          1380 - 1386               Demandes soumises à la Cour depuis la

to Court since last issue                                                                     dernière parution

Oral hearing ordered                                                   -                       Audience ordonnée

Oral hearing on applications for                                   -                       Audience sur les demandes d'autorisation

leave                                                                                                

Judgments on applications for                             1387 - 1405               Jugements rendus sur les demandes

leave                                                                                                 d'autorisation

Motions                                                             1406 - 1414               Requêtes

Notices of appeal filed since last                            1415                      Avis d'appel déposés depuis la dernière

issue                                                                                                parution

Notices of intervention filed since                         1415 - 1418               Avis d'intervention déposés depuis la

last issue                                                                                          dernière parution

Notices of discontinuance filed since                         -                         Avis de désistement déposés depuis la

last issue                                                                                          dernière parution

Appeals heard since last issue and                           - Appels entendus depuis la dernière

disposition                                                                                         parution et résultat

Pronouncements of appeals reserved                   1419 - 1422               Jugements rendus sur les appels en

délibéré

Headnotes of recent judgments                           1423 - 1476               Sommaires des arrêts récents

Weekly agenda                                                     1477                      Ordre du jour de la semaine

Summaries of the cases                                     1478 - 1491               Résumés des affaires

Cumulative Index ‑ Leave                                    1492 - 1507               Index cumulatif ‑ Autorisations

Cumulative Index ‑ Appeals                                 1508 - 1511               Index cumulatif ‑ Appels

Appeals inscribed ‑ Session                                1512 - 1517               Appels inscrits ‑ Session

beginning                                                                                          commençant le

Notices to the Profession and                                   -                         Avis aux avocats et communiqué

Press Release                                                                                   de presse

Deadlines: Motions before the Court                        1518                     Délais: Requêtes devant la Cour

Deadlines: Appeals                                                1519                     Délais: Appels

Judgments reported in S.C.R.                                 1520                     Jugements publiés au R.C.S.

Doris Patterson et al.

Mary Anne Sanderson

Lerner & Associates

v. (24864)

Dean Owen Chrastina et al. (Ont.)

James R. Caskey

Siskind, Cromarty, Ivey & Dowler

FILING DATE  11.9.1995

Richard James Socobasin

Donald C. Murray

Pink Murray

v. (24866)

Her Majesty The Queen (N.S.)

Robert E. Lutes, Q.C.

Public Prosecution Service

FILING DATE  11.9.1995

Sa Majesté La Reine

Michel F. Denis

Subs. du procureur général

c. (24867)

Pierre Patoine (Crim.)(Qué.)

Michel Massicotte

DATE DE PRODUCTION  13.9.1995

Fraternité des préposés à l'entretien des voies (ci-après "F.P.E.V.") et al.

Georges Marceau

Melançon, Marceau, Grenier et Sciortino

c. (24868)

Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada et al. (C.A.F.)(Qué.)

John A. Coleman

Ogilvy, Renault

DATE DE PRODUCTION  14.9.1995

Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners

Theresa Dust, Q.C.

City Solicitor

v. (24869)

Saskatoon City Police Association et al. (Sask.)

Drew S. Plaxton

Walker, Plaxton & Co.

FILING DATE  12.9.1995

Joga Singh Manj

Christopher M. Considine

Considine & Lawler

v. (24870)

Regina (Crim.)(B.C.)

Robert A. Mulligan

Crown Counsel

FILING DATE  15.9.1995

Her Majesty The Queen

Jamie C. Klukach

Min. of the A.G.

v. (24873)

Steven Elliot McCormack (Crim.)(Ont.)

Peter J. Connelly

Danson, Zucker and Connelly

FILING DATE  18.9.1995

William John Dubasz

David B. Mercer

Nickerson Roberts

v. (24874)

Her Majesty The Queen (Alta.)

Paul L. Moreau

Agent of the A.G.

FILING DATE  18.9.1995

Syndicat professionnel des ingénieurs d'Hydro-Québec

Gary H. Waxman

c. (24875)

Hydro-Québec et al. (C.A.F.)(Qué.)

DATE DE PRODUCTION  18.9.1995

Paul Joseph Hayes

C. Heather Maynes

Maynes Mahoney & Tremblay

v. (24876)

Georgina Marlene Hayes (N.B.)

Craig J. Carleton

Robichaud Godin Williamson Theriault & Johnstone

FILING DATE  19.9.1995

André Roy

Gilles Gagnon

Casgrain, Blanchet & Assoc.

c. (24878)

Procureur général du Québec et al. (Qué.)

Claude Gagnon

Rochette, Boucher & Gagnon

DATE DE PRODUCTION  14.9.1995

Hercules Managements Ltd. et al.

M.M. Schulman, Q.C.

Schulman & Schulman

v. (24882)

Ernst & Young et al. (Man.)

Knox B. Foster

Aikins MacAulay Thorvaldson

FILING DATE  21.9.1995

Hardip Singh Rarru

S.R. Chamberlain, Q.C.

v. (24881)

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

John Gordon

Min. of the A.G.

FILING DATE  22.9.1995

Hardip Singh Rarru

S.R. Chamberlain, Q.C.

v. (24865)

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

John M. Gordon

Min. of the A.G.

FILING DATE  22.9.1995

M^e Charles Samson et al.

Bruno J. Pateras, c.r.

Pateras & Iezzoni

c. (24880)

George Addy (C.A.F.)(Qué.)

François Rioux

DATE DE PRODUCTION  25.9.1995

Ernest Andrew Hawrish

Paul E. Jaffe

v. (24884)

Saskatchewan Trust Co. et al. (Sask.)

Hleck, Kanuka Thuringer

FILING DATE  27.9.1995

                                                                                                                                               SEPTEMBER 18, 1995 / LE 18 SEPTEMBRE 1995

CORAM:  LA FOREST, CORY AND MAJOR JJ. /

LES JUGES LA FOREST, CORY ET MAJOR

                                                              Richard Robert Krusel

                                                                        v. (24764)

                                                Grant Firth, Rosa Maria Firth, Rick Firth,

                                             Pioneer Pools Ltd., Jeffrey Michael Harvey,

                                           Michael Edward Zarchynski, Douglas Richard,

                                           Gary Dzus, Mario Kovarik, Gregory A. Weber,

                                        John Doe and Richard Roe, Jacuzzi Canada Ltd.,

                                           Kidde Canada Limited/Kidde Canada Limitée,

                                          Hanson Kidde Canada Inc., 840937 Ontario Inc.,

                                                      and Smith Corona (Canada) Ltd.

                                                                          - and -

                                  Alan Newsome, Pioneer Pools Ltd., Jacuzzi Canada Ltd.,

                                          Kidde Canada Limited/ Kidde Canada Limitée,

                                    Hanson Kidde Canada Inc. and Jeffrey Michael Harvey,

                                 840937 Ontario Inc., and Smith Corona (Canada) Ltd. (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Negligence - Damages - Evidence - Product liability/occupier's liability theory - Issue of causation - Issue of prior inconsistent statements - Action for damages for injuries sustained as a result of an accident in a swimming pool - Applicant rendered quadriplegic as a result of the accident - Statements to the insurance adjuster admitted into evidence at trial as "past recollection recorded" - Whether the case R. v. B.(K.G.), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 740, can be applied to a civil law context - Whether the homeowner/occupier can take advantage of his failure to monitor and supervise a pool party thereby creating an evidential gap on the cause of the injury.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ, SOPINKA AND McLACHLIN JJ. /

LES JUGES L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ, SOPINKA ET McLACHLIN

John Thor Widema

                                                                        v. (24827)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Sentencing - Term of imprisonment - Applicant sentenced to eight months concurrent for offenses of assault and possession of a restricted weapon following his release from custody as a result of earned remission on a previous sentence - Latter sentence silent as to whether or not it was consecutive to or concurrent with original sentence - Whether s. 139(1) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, R.S.C., c. 20, applies to the benefit of the Applicant - Whether the Applicant was "a person sentenced to a term of imprisonment that has not expired".

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 25, 1995 / LE 25 SEPTEMBRE 1995

CORAM:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER AND GONTHIER AND IACOBUCCI JJ. /

LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER ET LES JUGES GONTHIER ET IACOBUCCI

                                                      The Attorney General of Canada

                                                                        v. (24797)

                                                          John Jenkins (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Unemployment insurance - Statutes - Interpretation - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that the meaning of "claim for benefit" in s. 28(3) of the Unemployment Insurance Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. U-1, is limited to an "initial claim for benefit" - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in law in interpreting s. 28(3) of the Act by basing its interpretation on its own attempt to create policy, where that role is squarely within the responsibility of the government in the circumstances.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                  Patrick T. Gillen

                                                                        v. (24801)

                             The Queen, Michael Provan (Warden of Warkworth Institution),

                                                  Correction Services Canada, and the

                                              National Board Parole Board  (Crim.)(Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Sentencing - Statutes - Interpretation - Corrections and Conditional Release Act, S.C. 1992, c. C-44.6, s. 127 -  Calculation of Applicant's statutory release date - Whether under the Penitentiary Act or the Prisons and Reformatories Act, a prisoner could effect his release on mandatory supervision after the completion of half his sentence by receiving all the remission to which he was entitled.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  LA FOREST, CORY AND MAJOR JJ. /

LES JUGES LA FOREST, CORY ET MAJOR

                                                          Clarence Nickolai Ulvestad

                                                                        v. (24661)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Defence - Evidence - Alibi - Whether the Court of Appeal of Alberta erred in law in not holding that the trial judge, in convicting on a case where an alibi had been advanced by the Applicant and another witness, had an obligation to state that he rejected or disbelieved such alibi, did not find it to create a reasonable doubt, or otherwise deal with it - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in not finding a deprival of the Applicant's Charter  rights under s. 7 and under s. 11(d) when the trial judge failed to state that he rejected the Applicant's alibi, disbelieved the Applicant's evidence, or was satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt as to the Applicant's guilt - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its application of s. 686(1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada  in finding that the trial judge must have resolved the issues before him even though his reasons demonstrate ambiguity as to the alibi evidence.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                  Gary Dussiaume

                                                                        v. (24777)

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Offences - Evidence - Sexual exploitation - Credibility - Similar fact evidence -Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that s. 153  of the Criminal Code  did not require the use of a position of trust or authority as an element in the exploitation of the complainant - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that the offence defined by s. 153  of the Criminal Code  did not require reliance on a power imbalance to criminalize an otherwise consensual touching - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that the error of the trial Judge in admitting rebuttal evidence on collateral issues directed solely to the credibility of the Applicant did not occasion any substantial wrong or miscarriage of justice.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:  L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ, SOPINKA AND McLACHLIN JJ. /

LES JUGES L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ, SOPINKA ET McLACHLIN

The Pacific Fishermen's Alliance, Northern Trollers Association, The Pacific Gillnetters Association, The Gulf Trollers Association, The Pacific Trollers Association, The Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association, The Co-op Fishermen's Guild, The Underwater Harvesters' Association, and the Deep Sea Trawlers Association

                                                                            and

                                                  Fisheries Council of British Columbia

                                                                        v. (24750)

                                                             Her Majesty the Queen

                                                                             and

                                                         Robert Melvin Duncan (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Procedural law - Jurisdiction - Courts - Trial - Intervention by interested parties -Fishing organizations wishing to intervene in support of Crown in prosecutions under the Fisheries Act , R.S.C. 1985 c. F-14 , and the British Columbia Fisheries (General) Regulations -Whether a Provincial Court judge, sitting as a trial judge on a prosecution under the Fisheries Act  and Regulations, has jurisdiction to receive evidence and submissions from intervenors on constitutional issues which are integral to the determination of the case.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

                                                                    Umesh Pathak

                                                               (a.k.a. Mesh Pathak)

                                                                        v. (24809)

              The Canadian Human Rights Council and The Royal Bank of Canada (F.C.A.)(B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial Review - Procedural law - Evidence - Statutes - Interpretation - Disclosure of documents used by the investigator in his report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission - Rule 1612 of the Federal Court Rules, C.R.C. 1978, c. 663, as am. - Section 44  of the Canadian Human Rights Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. H-6  - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in finding that the material relied upon by the Canadian Human Rights Commission ("CHRC") investigator in preparing a report pursuant to s. 44 of the Act is not required by law to be disclosed to the Applicant - Does fairness and natural justice require disclosure of the documents used by the investigator? - Do the documents in the possession of the investigator form part of the Commission's record?  And, consequently, are they relevant documents pursuant to Rule 1612 of the Federal Court Rules?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION - REHEARING /

DEMANDE DE RÉEXAMEN - NOUVELLE AUDITION

CORAM:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER AND GONTHIER AND IACOBUCCI JJ. /

LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER ET LES JUGES GONTHIER ET IACOBUCCI

George Buchan Simpson v. Her Majesty The Queen (Crim.)(B.C.)(24465)

CORAM:  LA FOREST, SOPINKA, GONTHIER, CORY, McLACHLIN, IACOBUCCI AND MAJOR JJ. /

LES JUGES LA FOREST, SOPINKA, GONTHIER, CORY, McLACHLIN, IACOBUCCI ET MAJOR

Consolidated Enfield Corporation v. Michael F. Blair (Ont.)(23887)

SEPTEMBER 21, 1995 / LE 21 SEPTEMBRE 1995

24696               JOSEPH BILINSKI - c. - ESTHER LÉON (Qué.)

CORAM:           Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

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

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

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédures - Procédure civile - Jugements et ordonnances - Requête du demandeur en rétractation de jugement par suite de l'exécution d'un bref de possession obtenu par l'intimée à la suite d'un jugement ex parte accueillant l'action de l'intimée en dation en paiement - Requête du demandeur rejetée - Appel interjeté par le demandeur - Requête de l'intimée fondée sur l'article 501(5) du Code de procédure civile au motif que l'appel est abusif, dilatoire et manifestement mal fondé -Requête de l'intimée en rejet d'appel accueillie - Appel du demandeur rejeté avec dépens. 

24738               LORRAINE GADOURY - c. - FRANÇOIS FORTIN (Qué.)

CORAM:           Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

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 - Municipalités - Législation - Interprétation - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en concluant que l'art. 306 de la Loi sur les élections et les référendums dans les municipalités, L.R.Q. 1977, ch. E-2.2, ne requiert aucune preuve d'intention ou de négligence grossière et que l'expression "sciemment" signifie uniquement "en pleine connaissance de cause"? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en décidant que la défense de bonne foi n'est pas pertinente en réponse à une action en déclaration d'inhabilité fondée sur les art. 306 et 308 de la Loi? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en décidant que la notion d'inconduite de l'art. 306 vise "tout geste posé par un membre du conseil municipal qui se détache de la norme", sans égard à son caractère vénal, fourbe ou visant à tromper?

24747               NURUL I. CHOUDHURY - v. - COUR SUPÉRIEURE, L'HONORABLE JUGE PIERRE VIAU, TRIBUNAL DES PROFESSIONS, L'HONORABLE JUGE JACQUES BIRON, DR. ROCK BERNIER, DR. AUGUSTIN ROY, DR. SUZANNE RICHER, DR. MICHEL LÉVEILLÉ, DR. JACQUES BRIÈRE ET DR. ANDRÉ LAPIERRE (Que.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and L'Heureux-Dubé and Gonthier JJ.

The application 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

Procedural law - Civil procedure - Appeal - Jurisdiction - Statutes - Interpretation - Time limits -Whether the Court of Appeal of Quebec erred in dismissing Applicant's motion for leave to appeal - Application of s. 523 C.C.P.

24739               GERALD M. SNYDER - v. - CANADIAN NEWSPAPER COMPANY LIMITED - and between - GERALD M. SNYDER - v. - C.J.A.D. INC. (Que.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and L'Heureux-Dubé and Gonthier 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

Civil Code - Torts - Damages - Assessment - Actions - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in ruling that the Applicant should be deprived of the additional indemnity provided for by art. 1056c of the Civil Code of Lower Canada on the ground that he caused delays by insisting to have five libel cases tried by separate juries and on the ground that the amounts claimed by the Applicant were exaggerated and hence made the likelihood of settlement unrealistic.

24807               JOSEPH PHILIPPE - c. - UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL (Qué.)

CORAM:           Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

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

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

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Libertés publiques - Droit administratif - Législation - Charte des droits et libertés de la personne, L.R.Q., ch. C-12 - Discrimination fondée sur la race et l'âge dans la promotion en cours d'emploi - Recours devant le Tribunal des droits de la personne rejeté - La Cour d'appel du Québec a-t-elle commis une erreur en rejetant la requête pour permission d'appel du demandeur?

24783               THEOPHILUS WILLIAMS - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Gonthier 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 - Offences - Narcotics - Evidence - Weight and admissibility of voice evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal for Ontario erred in law by finding that evidence of voice identification was reliable even where the witness had not heard the voice in eight months, the conversation in which the voice was heard was a telephone conversation lasting approximately one minute and where there was minimal and ambiguous circumstantial evidence tending to confirm that the voice had been correctly identified.

24795               ALBERT ALEPIN ET PIERRE ALEPIN (CI-APRÈS APPELÉ "LE GROUPE CLÉMENT") - c. -JEAN ALEPIN, JACQUES ALEPIN ET DAME AFIFE KURDI (CI-APRÈS APPELÉ "LE GROUPE JOSEPH") ET JACQUES HUARD, EN SA QUALITÉ DE LIQUIDATEUR DE LASALLE LAND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. (Qué.)

CORAM:           Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit commercial - Droit des compagnies - Procédure - Procédure civile - Appel - Législation - Interprétation - Requête en rejet d'appel présentée en vertu de l'art. 501(2) du Code de procédure civile du Québec au motif de l'inexistence d'un droit d'appel - Requête rejetée par la Cour d'appel - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en concluant que la décision de la Cour supérieure rendue sous l'art. 25 de la Loi sur la liquidation des compagnies, L.R.Q. 1977, ch. L-4, n'est pas une ordonnance ou une décision "ayant trait à la liquidation", au sens du dernier alinéa de l'art. 32 de Loi, et donc qu'elle peut faire l'objet d'un appel? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en décidant que le dernier alinéa de l'art. 32 de la Loi ne s'applique pas à toute ordonnance prononcée par la Cour supérieure sous l'art. 25?

24804               CHRISTIAN TREMBLAY - c. - SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE (Crim.)(Qué.)

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

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Charte des droits et libertés - Droit criminel - Stupéfiants - Recevabilité en preuve de communications privées interceptées en vertu d'autorisations judiciaires - Preuve - Article 8 de la Charte des droits et libertés - La Cour d'Appel du Québec commet-elle une erreur en refusant d'intervenir à l'encontre d'une décision de première instance quand la seule preuve consiste en la transcription de bandes d'écoute électronique obtenue à l'encontre de la Charte canadienne des droits et libert é s  et qu'une disposition impérative du Code criminel  demande d'écarter?

24755               PRINCE RUPERT HOTEL (1957) LTD. - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)(B.C.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Iacobucci 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

Taxation - Assessment - Evidence - Damages - Compensation - Characterization of the compensation received by the Applicant from settlement with its solicitors for errors committed in the drafting of the management fee of the partnership agreements - Is the determination of the character of a damage award as profit or capital for income tax purposes a question of law? - If the determination is a question of law, what legal principles should be applied in distinguishing between taxable damages for lost profit and non taxable damages for a loss in the value of capital property?

24514               IRENE MARIE LEWIS v. MINISTER OF EDUCATION FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA and BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 41 (BURNABY) (B.C.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major 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

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil liberties - Equality rights - Discrimination on basis of age - Mandatory retirement - Remedies - Applicant's forced retirement under School Act, s. 147, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 375 [now repealed], constituting age discrimination contrary to Charter - Court of Appeal finding proportionality between s. 147 and its objectives - Whether legislated mandatory retirement of elementary public school teachers is justified under s. 1  of the Charter? -Whether damages, reinstatement or both are appropriate remedy where an individual's employment has been unconstitutionally terminated? - Whether a public school board is government for the purposes of the Charter?

24650               ROYAL BANK OF CANADA v. GARY MELVIN WILTON and DOLORES MARILYN WILTON (Alta.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major 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 - Property Law - Contracts - Creditor & debtor - Damages - Remedies - Mortgages - Real property - Intentional torts - Whether the Court of Appeal's decision denying the availability of equitable set-off is contrary to Holt v. Telford, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 193 - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in not setting aside or varying the award of punitive damages.

24662               MABEL TETTERINGTON v. DR. ERNEST WIENS and DR. FREDERICK RAYNHAM (Alta.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and McLachlin 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 - Procedural law - Professional negligence - Battery - Costs  - Evidence - Res ipsa loquitur - When res ipsa loquitur or a prima facie case of causation applies in a case of alleged medical negligence, do the Respondents have a duty to explain how the Applicant's condition occurred -Whether a failure to conclude such a duty exists erodes the decision of Snell v. Farrell, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 311 - Whether informed consent should be defined to include conservative treatment and the avoidance of surgery, as opposed to just the risks of surgery - Whether the discretionary costs awarded at trial should have been varied by the Court of Appeal.

24673               C.A.D. RINGROSE THERAPY INSTITUTE LTD. v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Iacobucci 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

Taxation - Assessment - Assessment of Goods and Services Tax - Whether the services provided by the Applicant were taxable supplies or exempt pursuant to the Excise Tax Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. E-15 .

24718               JOHN AZZOLINI v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Alta.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory 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 - Canadian Charter of Rights - Narcotics - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to hold that the search warrants and subsequent searches violated s. 8  of the Charter in failing to hold that the evidence was consistent with both legal and illegal activity - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in refusing to exclude the results of the search conducted on the Applicant's property pursuant to s. 24(2)  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to hold that the breach of the Applicant's s. 8  rights as a result of the illegal perimeter search was sufficient to taint the entire search and the entire search results should be excluded.

24705               NEWFOUNDLAND TELEPHONE CO. LTD. v. CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITEL COMMUNICATIONS INC. (F.C.A.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major JJ.

The application for an 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

Administrative law - Taxation - Appeal - Evidence - Whether there was a failure to provide notice of the scope of a hearing, which amounted to a breach of natural justice and procedural fairness - Whether determining the Applicant's capital rate base at a public hearing was a question of evidence or a policy decision - Whether there was sufficient evidence to support the finding of facts.

24712               ERIC McDOUGALL WILLIAMS v. BEVERLEY DOWNEY-WATERBURY (Man.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major 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

Family law - Contract - Undue influence - Unconscionable agreement - Did Court of Appeal err in failing to consider the history of the parties' relationship in determining whether the agreement was the product of undue influence on the part of the Respondent - Did Court of Appeal err in failing to give any, or any sufficient, weight to the findings of fact of the trial judge, which findings of fact were based on his observation of the witnesses, their demeanour, the words they spoke, and the way in which the evidence was given.

24702               JEAN-PAUL BOSSÉ et al -and- The MASTERCRAFT GROUP INC., et al (Ont.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin 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 - Commercial law - Rule 20 of the Rules of Civil Procedure - Onus of burden -Misrepresentations - Agency - No Repayment Obligations - Altered Debt Instruments - The Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. S.5 - Claims by financial institutions for money owing on covenants to pay in mortgages or promises to pay in promissory notes - Loans in default - Denial of Applicants that they were liable - Whether the Applicant's action and related defences should be dismissed under Rule 20 of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure on a motion for summary judgment - Whether a contract expressly or impliedly prohibited by statute is void or voidable - Whether knowledge of a statutory breach is required to render a transaction void or voidable - Whether a trial should have been ordered with respect to certain assignees as a result of purchases which took place as a result of advertisements placed in newspapers of general and prepaid circulation - Whether the evidence of misrepresentation was sufficient to justify a trial or whether the principles of agency would bind the Respondents to the misrepresentations made by the promoter.

SEPTEMBER 28, 1995 / LE 28 SEPTEMBRE 1995

24726               DARREN BURTON CROSSLEY - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(N.S.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Gonthier 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 - Evidence - Procedural law - Trial - Effect of judge's direction to self on credibility - Whether verdict reasonable and supported by evidence in circumstances - Whether cross-examination of alleged victim improperly impeded.

24760               LUCILLE DUBÉ - c. - VILLE DE HULL (Qué.)

CORAM:           Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédures - Procédure civile - Exception déclinatoire - Jugements et ordonnances - Action de la demanderesse visant à ordonner à la Ville de Hull d'exhiber l'original de la demande de permis de construction - Requête de l'intimée en irrecevabilité de l'action de la demanderesse accueillie -Appel interjetée par la demanderesse - Requête de la demanderesse pour que l'intimée forme désaveu en vertu des articles 244 et 245 du Code de procédure civile - Requête de l'intimé en rejet d'appel fondée sur l'article 501.5 C.p.c. accueillie - Requête accueillie et appel rejeté - Requête de la demanderesse en rétractation de jugement rejetée - Autre requête en rétractation et annulation de jugements de la Cour d'appel - La Cour d'appel du Québec a-t-elle commis une erreur en rejetant les requêtes de la demanderesse en rétractation de jugements? 

24759               LUCILLE DUBÉ - c. - RONALD BÉLEC (Qué.)

CORAM:           Le Juge en chef et les juges L'Heureux-Dubé et Gonthier

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédures - Procédure civile - Avocats et procureurs - Exception déclinatoire - Jugements et ordonnances - Action de la demanderesse en dommages par suite d'une omission de l'intimé d'exécuter un mandat qu'elle lui aurait confié - Requête de l'intimé en irrecevabilité de l'action de la demanderesse accueillie - Appel interjetée par la demanderesse - Requête de l'intimé en rejet d'appel fondée sur l'article 501.5 C.p.c. accueillie - Appel rejeté - Requêtes de la demanderesse en rétractation et annulation de jugements rejetées - La Cour d'appel du Québec a-t-elle commis une erreur en rejetant les requêtes de la demanderesse en rétractation de jugements? 

24757               GLENGARRY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - v. - PAY EQUITY HEARINGS TRIBUNAL AND ONTARIO NURSES' ASSOCIATION (Ont.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Iacobucci 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

Labour law - Labour relations - Administrative law - Judicial review - Jurisdiction - Pay Equity Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.7 - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the decisions of the Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal were within its jurisdiction - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in reversing the Divisional Court, which held that, pay equity having been achieved, the jurisdiction of the Tribunal was thereby exhausted - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to hold, in the alternative, that the decisions of the Tribunal were patently unreasonable - U.E.S., Local 298 v. Bibeault, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 1048.

24758               RUSSELL J. KALMACOFF, DAVID M. COCKFIELD, JOSEPH O'BRIEN, DAROLD H. PARKEN, EDWARD H. WERNICK, JOHN L. LEE, DINO BOTTERO AND SECURITY HOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION - v. - RICHARDSON GREENSHIELDS OF CANADA LIMITED (Ont.)

CORAM:           The Chief Justice and Gonthier and Iacobucci 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 - Actions - Derivative actions - Shareholder may be "complainant" for purpose of derivative action under s. 339  of the Trust and Loan Companies Act , S.C. 1991, c.45 , despite not having been shareholder at time facts giving rise to complaint occurred - Whether a court of first instance is entitled to dismiss an application for leave to commence a derivative action for lack of genuine standing.

24527               PEARL CHAN, IN HER PERSONAL CAPACITY AND AS THE EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF TO HANG CHAN, ALSO KNOWN AS MIKE CHAN v. ROSALIND CHEUNG ‑ and ‑ FORGEN COMPUTER SYSTEMS and TO HANG CHAN, ALSO KNOWN AS MIKE CHAN (Alta.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major JJ.

The application for an 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

Procedural law - Commercial law - Judgments and orders - Company law - Bankruptcy - Liquidation Order of Respondent company upheld by Court of Queen's Bench - Liquidator rejecting Applicant's claims for back wages - Order issued allowing for the interim distribution of funds under conditions - Liquidator commencing separate action in name of Respondent company - Liquidator applying for consolidation of actions - Applicant applying for declaration that Liquidator in contempt of Court for failure to comply with previous Order - Whether the issue before the Court of Appeal was the issue of whether the chambers judge properly exercised his discretion in ordering the Liquidator to comply with the previous order, given the explicit terms of that un-appealed order - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in exercising its own original discretion in preference to the discretion of the chambers' judge, when the chambers judge had not committed a reviewable error in the manner in which he had exercised his discretion.

24598               DOUGLAS A. WRIGHT ‑ and ‑ DONALD RICHARD JEPSON, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF EDITH MAUDE JEPSON, DECEASED, and DONALD RICHARD JEPSON v. WESTFAIR FOODS LTD. (Alta.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major 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 - Securities - Remedies - Civil procedure - Valuation of shares - Applicants' motion seeking production of documents, discovery of an officer of the Respondent, and payment of interim costs in order to retain business valuation experts to perform an additional valuation of the Class A shares to that of the court-appointed valuator dismissed - Whether the Applicants have been deprived of their right to adduce evidence in the valuation proceeding - Whether the Court of appeal erred in directing that the only factor to be considered in valuing these shares is the present value of the right to receive the fixed dividend.

24619               KORNELIS KLEVERING v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major JJ.

The motion to quash and the application for leave to appeal are dismissed.

La requête en annulation et la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont rejetées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Narcotics - Offences - Cultivation of marihuana - Whether the Court of Appeal had jurisdiction - Whether the Court of Appeal considered all the facts pertaining to the issue of Res Judicata - Whether the Court of Appeal failed to appreciate the significance of establishing the level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) present in the cannabis seized - Whether ss. 6(1), 3(1) and 4(2) of the Narcotic Control Act as they relate to cannabis sativa L are void for vagueness - Whether the restriction of the cultivation of non-narcotic low-THC cannabis phenotypes cannot be justified in a free and democratic society as expressed in ss. 1 and 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

24679               MUHAMMAD OSMAN ELTASSI v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Alta.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major JJ.

The application for an 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 - Evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find that the trial judge did not adequately caution the jury about convicting on the uncorroborated evidence of a witness whose identification is made under difficult circumstances - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find the trial judge did not adequately address the jury regarding the weaknesses and inconsistencies in the identification evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find that the trial judge failed to caution the jury about the need to assess identification evidence apart from the regular rules regarding credibility - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to find that the trial judge did not adequately address the flawed photographic line-up from which the sole witness made an identification.

24723               HARRY KOPYTO v. THE LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA (Ont.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major 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 - Administrative law - Law of professions - Barristers and solicitors - Jurisdiction - Evidence - Section 7  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Professional discipline proceedings - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in failing to grant leave to appeal from the decision of the Divisional Court - Whether the Divisional Court erred in concluding that s. 7  of the Charter does not relate to professional disciplinary proceedings and in finding that ss. 34, 35, 37 and 38 of the Law Society Act do not violate s. 7  because of a reasonable apprehension of bias - Whether the Divisional Court erred in finding that ss. 34, 35, 37 and 38 of the Law Society Act did not violate s. 7  of the Charter because of vagueness and because of the absence of a specific code of penalties - Whether the Divisional Court erred in law in concluding that Convocation did not lose its jurisdiction by failing to follow the mandatory provisions of ss. 33 and 34 of the Law Society Act and ss. 8 and 9 Reg. 573 R.R.O. 1980 -

Whether the Divisional Court erred in concluding that there was a basis upon which Convocation could conclude that the Applicant did not maintain accurate dockets and that he guessed at some of his services and did not bill for some services which he performed - Whether the Divisional Court erred in failing to find that Convocation lost its jurisdiction when it made findings on the evidence it heard instead of referring the matter back to the Discipline Committee once it was determined that the Applicant's interpretation of the Agreed Statement of Facts for the purpose of penalty differed from the views of the Discipline Committee.

24744               69971 MANITOBA LTD., CARRYING ON BUSINESS AS BARRIN PRODUCE v. NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA (Man.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major 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 - Banks and banking operations - Contracts - Damages - Letters of credit ­Whether the Court of Appeal of Manitoba erred in failing to follow the unequivocal and unanimous decision of this Court in Bank of Nova Scotia v. Angelica-Whitewear et al, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 59 and in overturning the trial Judge's finding that the award of damages in a letter of credit case is the amount of the debit to the customer's account - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in not applying the doctrine of stare decisis - Whether The Court of Appeal of Manitoba erred in finding that the terms and conditions of the letter of trust continued to operate during the period of time when the Applicant was disposing of the goods.

24754               B.C. BANCORP (FORMERLY THE BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA) v. T. ANDREW HOCKIN, CHARLES T. TRICKER and DENIS G. PENDER, ON THEIR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ALL RETIRED MEMBERS AND OTHER MEMBERS WHO ARE ENTITLED TO A PAID UP DEFERRED ANNUAL PLAN ESTABLISHED BY THE BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MARCH 1968 ‑ and ‑ THE CANADA TRUST CO., VICTOR DOBB AND OTHERS (B.C.)

CORAM:           La Forest, Cory and Major JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs and all ancillary motions are dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée avec dépens et toutes les requêtes accessoires sont rejetées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Pensions - Appeals - Judgments and orders - Pension surplus - Uncertainty in the jurisprudence concerning contribution holidays following the decision in Schmidt v. Air Products Canada Ltd (1994 2 S.C.R. 611 - Interpretation of the Pension Benefits Standards Regulations - Whether there should be an exception to res judicata in "special circumstances" and, if so, the proper scope of the exception.

24509               HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA -and- NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA and THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF ADVENTURERS OF ENGLAND TRADING INTO HUDSON BAY carrying on business as THE BAY and COOPERS & LYBRAND LIMITED (B.C.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin 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

Taxation - Commercial law - Bankruptcy - Accounting - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its interpretation of British Columbia v. Henfrey Samson Belair Ltd. [1989] 2 S.C.R. 24 in finding that the Crown could not rely upon the Tobacco Tax Act to establish the certainty of intention to create a trust under general principles of trust law and in finding that the Crown could not tract the funds because the tax money had been intermingled with non-trust monies - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that there was a need to trace monies through the accounts of the fiduciary where an amount equal to those monies was paid over by the fiduciary in accordance with its fiduciary obligations - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the priority provisions of the Bankruptcy Act provided sufficient juristic reason to deny the imposition of a remedial constructive trust.

24583               RICHARD CLARKE -and- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Procedural law - Trial - Evidence - Young offenders - Did prior inconsistent statement of a witness, a young offender, from the preliminary hearing meet the requirements of R. v. B.(K.G.), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 740 - Was statement improperly admitted for its truth at trial - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the trial judge did not err in his use of the witness' statement to the detective concerning a bribe - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the Crown's failure to disclose information concerning the witness' original charge did not warrant ordering a new trial.

24561               SEYYED FARSHID-GHAZI -and- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Trial - Narcotics - Credibility - Evidentiary foundation for questions put to accused in cross-examination - Whether Crown counsel at trial put factual assertions, for which there was no evidentiary foundation, to the Applicant on matters vital to his credibility.

24580               LEONARDO GALUEGO -and- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin JJ.

The application for an extension of time and the application for leave to appeal are dismissed.

La demande de prorogation de délai et la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont rejetées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Appeals - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Judicial Review - Taxation - Procedure before the Tax Court - Applicant contesting assessments - Losses disallowed - Applicant's tax preparers not present at trial - Whether Court of Appeal erred in dismissing application for extension of time to apply for judicial review, as well as applications for reconsideration - Whether Federal Court infringed Applicant's right in not giving reasons. 

24581               ROSARIO GALUEGO -and- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin JJ.

The application for an extension of time and the application for leave to appeal are dismissed.

La demande de prorogation de délai et la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont rejetées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Appeals - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Judicial Review - Taxation - Procedure before the Tax Court - Applicant contesting assessments - Losses disallowed - Applicant's tax preparers not present at trial - Whether Court of Appeal erred in dismissing application for extension of time to apply for judicial review, as well as applications for reconsideration - Whether Federal Court infringed Applicant's right in not giving reasons. 

24597               ANGELINA MARIE CODINA -and- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Ont.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Immigration - Appeal - Defence - Procedural law - Whether, in the circumstances, Court of Appeal was correct in ordering new trial on amended indictment - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to hold that the evidence failed to establish any acts beyond "preparation" and therefore failed to establish the actus reus of the "attempt" offence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to hold given its express holding that the Applicant's interpretation of paragraph (3)(a)(iii) was reasonable, that the alleged misrepresentation could not be material and that there was no evidence the Applicant acted "knowingly" so that the offence could not be made out.

24599               VALERIE BLENKIN and Brian Blenkin on his own behalf, and as Litigation Guardian for Danielle Blenkin -and- THE REGINA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD, Dr. James Carter, Dr. Rachel Barton, and Dr. Joseph Chan (Sask.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin 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

Civil procedure - Limitations - Application of The Hospital Standards Act, R.S.S. 1978, c. H‑10, s. 15.

24602               BARRY MCCABE -and- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(B.C.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Sentencing - Whether the Court of Appeal erred by upholding the Applicant's life sentence, rather than a fixed term of imprisonment, and indirectly sentencing the offender as a "dangerous offender" - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to impose the least onerous alternative sentence appropriate in the circumstances and by failing to require the Crown to bear the onus of proving beyond a reasonable doubt the Applicant's current psychiatric condition - Whether a trial judge can order a psychiatric examination of an accused person, after conviction, but before sentencing, on his or her own motion, outside of statutory authority given under the Criminal Code , pursuant to the Supreme Court's inherent jurisdiction under the common law, and whether order was contrary to ss. 7, 11(c), 11(d), and 13 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

24630               DONALD LITCHFIELD -and- ROBERT VANDERKERKHOVE (B.C.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin 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 - Contract - Loans - Interest - Creditor and Debtor - Loan agreement providing for illegal rate of interest - Whether borrower is entitled to rectification of contract even though "illegal" interest not paid.

24646               APOTEX INC. -and- THE WELLCOME FOUNDATION LIMITED and BURROUGHS WELLCOME INC. (F.C.A.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin 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

Statutes - Patents - Interpretation - Subsections 41(1)  and (2)  of the Patent Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. P-4  - Whether the restrictions of ss. 41(1)  of the Patent Act  were applicable to intermediates, which are not themselves medicines - If yes, whether the patents met the requirements of ss. 41(1)  of the Patent Act  - Whether the presumption of ss. 41(2) was applicable to prove infringement of the process claims.

24707               SALVATORE GRAMAGLIA -and- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crim.)(Alta)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d'autorisation d'appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Evidence - Trial - Conviction as the registered owner of a motor vehicle that caught speeding by photo-radar (Multanova camera) - Whether Court of Appeal erred in denying the Applicant the opportunity to argue the Applicant's rights under ss. 11 (a) and 24(1)  of the Charter - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in denying the Applicant further appeal by refusing leave to appeal.

24708               DR. HACHMI HAMMAMI -and- THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (B.C.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin 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

Labour law - Administrative law - Physicians and surgeons - Procedural law - Whether the Court of Appeal had the power to withdraw the reasons for judgment in Kuntz v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia - Whether the Court of Appeal ought to have withdrawn these reasons to achieve justice in the circumstances.

24721               EDWARD REID -and- ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION (Ont.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin JJ.

The application for an extension of time and the application for leave to appeal are dismissed with costs.

La demande de prorogation de délai et la demande d'autorisation d'appel sont rejetées avec dépens.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural law - Statutes - Commercial law - Limitation of actions - Limitation periods - Securities - Interpretation - Standing of the Ontario Securities Commission - Interpretation of the commencement of the limitation period under s. 125(1) of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 466, now repealed - Whether the summary conviction appeal court erred in law in determining that the trial judge's factual finding that the Commission's "overwhelming suspicions" did not amount to the "knowledge" required to trigger the commencement of the limitation period under section 125(1) of the Securities Act - Whether the Ontario Securities Commission had standing to appeal.

24697               SALVATORE LIOTTA, CATHERINE LIOTTA and 639749 ONTARIO INC. -and- DALE EMERY and MARK EMERY (Ont.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin 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 - Partnership - Damages - Propriety of manner in which partnership terminated.

24730               ALEXANDER MACDONALD HOLMES -and- SHIRLEY MARIE MCGRATH (N.W.T.)

CORAM:           L'Heureux‑Dubé, Sopinka and McLachlin 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

Family law - Division of property - Maintenance - Divorce - Matrimonial property claims - Spousal support - Whether the Appeal Court misinterpreted the decision in Moge v. Moge, [1992] 3 S.C.R. 813 as it relates to economic issues arising out of a marriage.

                                                                                                                                                14.9.1995

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to September 12, 1995.

14.9.1995

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to September 30, 1995.

15.9.1995

Before / Devant:  McLACHLIN J.

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

15.9.1995

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to September 13, 1995.

15.9.1995

Before / Devant:  LE REGISTRAIRE

ACCORDÉE / GRANTED  Délai prorogé au 15 septembre 1995.

18.9.1995

Before / Devant:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  The cross motion on behalf of the appellant for an order scheduling the appeal for October 30, 1995 is granted.

18.9.1995

Before / Devant:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

DISMISSED / REJETÉE

18.9.1995

Before / Devant:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE 

19.9.1995

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to September 18, 1995.

21.9.1995

Before / Devant:  McLACHLIN J.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

22.9.1995

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

22.9.1995

Before / Devant:  McLACHLIN J.

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to August 25, 1995.

22.9.1995

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to September 8, 1995.

25.9.1995

Before / Devant:  LE REGISTRAIRE ADJOINT

ACCORDÉE / GRANTED  Délai prorogé au 21 septembre 1995.

26.9.1995

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to August 29, 1995.

26.9.1995

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to September 14, 1995.

26.9.1955

Before / Devant:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to August 30, 1995.

26.9.1995

Before / Devant:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to October 17, 1995.

26.9.1995

Before / Devant:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to October 17, 1995.

26.9.1995

Before / Devant:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time is extended to file the case on appeal to November 15, 1995 and the appellant's factum to November 25, 1995.

26.9.1995

Before / Devant:  LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER

ACCORDÉE / GRANTED  La requête pour obtenir l'autorisation de ne plus représenter l'appelant est accordée.

26.9.1995

Before / Devant:  LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER

ACCORDÉE / GRANTED  L'appel est ajourné à la session de janvier 1996.

27.9.1995

Before / Devant:  LE REGISTRAIRE ADJOINT

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Délai prorogé au 19 septembre 1995.

BY/PAR:           Attorney General of British Columbia

Procureur général du Québec

IN/DANS:          Howard Pamajewon et al.

v. (24596)

Her Majesty The Queen

               and between

Arnold Gardner et al.

v.

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

BY/PAR:           Howard Pamajewon

Roger Jones

Arnold Gardner

Jack Pitchenese

Allan Gardner

IN/DANS:          Donald Gladstone et al.

v. (23801)

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C)

BY/PAR:           Howard Pamajewon

Roger Jones

Arnold Gardner

Jack Pitchenese

Allan Gardner

IN/DANS:          Dorothy Marie Van Der Peet

v. (23803)

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

BY/PAR:           Procureur général de l'Ontario

Procureur général du Canada

IN/DANS:          Sa Majesté La Reine

c. (24582)

Réjean Richard