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Applications for leave to appeal                                       1764 - 1766                       Demandes d'autorisation d'appel

filed                                                                                                                                   déposées

 

Applications for leave submitted                                      1767 - 1778                       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                                          1779 - 1780                       Jugements rendus sur les demandes

leave                                                                                                                                 d'autorisation

 

Motions                                                                                 1781 - 1787                       Requêtes

 

Notices of appeal filed since last                                          1788                                Avis d'appel déposés depuis la dernière

issue                                                                                                                                  parution

 

Notices of intervention filed since                                    1789 - 1790                       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                                  1791 - 1792                       Appels entendus depuis la dernière

disposition                                                                                                                       parution et résultat

 

Pronouncements of appeals reserved                                   -                                    Jugements rendus sur les appels en

                                                                                                                                           délibéré

 

Headnotes of recent judgments                                             -                                    Sommaires des arrêts récents

 

Weekly agenda                                                                       1793                                Ordre du jour de la semaine

 

Summaries of the cases                                                            -                                    Résumés des affaires

 

Cumulative Index ‑ Leave                                                        -                                    Index cumulatif ‑ Autorisations

 

Cumulative Index ‑ Appeals                                                    -                                    Index cumulatif ‑ Appels

 

Appeals inscribed ‑ Session                                                   -                                    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                                  1794                                Délais: Requêtes devant la Cour

                                                                                                                                          

Deadlines: Appeals                                                                1795                                Délais: Appels

 

Judgments reported in S.C.R.                                                1796                                Jugements publiés au R.C.S.


APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL FILED

DEMANDES D'AUTORISATION D'APPEL DÉPOSÉES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  


Her Majesty The Queen

                William F. Ehrcke

                Min. of the A.G.

 

                v. (24302)

 

Donald Robinson (B.C.)

                G.D. McKinnon, Q.C.

 

FILING DATE  7.11.1994

                                                                                        

 

Ronald Webber et al.

                Eric T. Sigurdson

                Roberts, MacDonald & Sigurdson

 

                v. (24383)

 

A. Jourdain Investments Ltd. (Ont.)

                Anthony J. Frost

                Garvey, Ferriss

 

FILING DATE  4.11.1994

                                                                                        

 

Bluebird Footwear Inc. et al.

                Gabriel Tardi

 

                c. (24386)

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp. of Canada Ltd. et al. (Qué.)

                Marc Savoie

                Guy & Gilbert

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION  11.11.1994

                                                                                        

 

Gabriel Tardi

                Gabriel Tardi

 

   c. (24387)

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp. du Canada Ltée et al. (Qué.)

                Marc Savoie

                Lebrun, Savoie, Joubert

 

FILING DATE  12.10.1994

                                                                                         

 

Linsay Skelding et al.

                Peter C.P. Behie

                Ramsay Thomson Lampman

 

                v. (24389)

 

John Franklin Skelding (B.C.)

                Guy P. Brown

                Harper Grey Easton

 

FILING DATE  4.11.1994

                                                                                      

 

Wayne Elmer Peters

                Richard A. Gibbons

                Wilhelm Migneault Gibbons Greenwood

 

                v. (24391)

 

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

                Daryl L. Rayner

                A.G. of Sask.

 

FILING DATE  7.11.1994

                                                                                      

 

Richard Couture

                Jean Villeneuve

                Shadley, Melançon, Boro

 

                c. (24392)

 

Sa Majesté La Reine (Crim.)(Qué.)

                Robert Marchi

                Min. de la Justice

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION  8.11.1994

                                                                                      

 

Randy Andre McMaster et al.

                Terence C. Semenuk

                Singleton Urquhart MacDonald

 

                v. (24395)

 

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

                Paul C. Bourque

                Agent of the A.G. of Alberta

 

FILING DATE  10.11.1994

                                                                                      

 

Bate Equipment Ltd. et al.

                W. Donald Goodfellow, Q.C.

 

                v. (24396)

 

Ellis-Don Ltd. et al. (Alta.)

                Doreen A. Sulyman, Q.C.

Cox, Trofimuk, Campbell-Sulyma & Stewart

 

FILING DATE  10.11.1994

                                                                                        

 

Her Majesty The Queen

                Graham J. Sleeth, Q.C.

                Office of the A.G.

 

                v. (24397)

 

Donald I. MacLeod (N.B.)

                James C. Crocco

                Crocco, Hunter, Purvis & Depow

 

FILING DATE  10.11.1994

                                                                                        

 

Dr. Khalid J. Hasan

                E.J. Mockler, Q.C.

                Mockler, Allen & Dixon

 

                v. (24398)

 

The Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick (N.B.)

                John P. Barry, Q.C.

                Barry & O'Neil

 

FILING DATE  14.11.1994

                                                                                        

 

Stephen Ross

                Jay I. Solomon

 

                v. (24400)

 

United States of America (B.C.)

                Kenneth J. Yule

                A.G. of Canada

 

FILING DATE  14.11.1994

                                                                                        

 

Leonard Peckham

                Paul Burstein

                Burstein & Paine

 

                v. (24401)

 

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

                A.G. of Ontario

 

FILING DATE  14.11.1994

                                                                                      

 

Tarel Hotel Ltd.

                W.J. Herle

                Herle and Company

 

                v. (24402)

 

Saskatchewan Co-Operative Financial Services Ltd. (Sask.)

                P.A. Kelly, Q.C.

                Gauley & Co.

 

FILING DATE  14.11.1994

                                                                                      

 

Edit Joan Noble et al.

                Brian Barrington-Foote, Q.C.

                Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer

 

                v. (24403)

 

First City Trust Co. (Alta.)

                James E. Redmond, Q.C.

                Milner Fenerty

 

FILING DATE  14.11.1994

                                                                                       

 

Allen T. Fletcher et al.

                D.A. Thurmeier

                Beaumont, Church

 

                v. (24404)

 

Scurry-Rainbow Oil Ltd. et al. (Alta.)

                R.A. McLennan, Q.C.

                McLennan Ross

 

FILING DATE  14.11.1994

                                                                                      

 

Daisy Marie Burden et al.

                John B. Ballem, Q.C.

                Ballem McDill MacInnes Eden

 

                v. (24405)

 

Scurry-Rainbow Oil Ltd. (Alta.)

                R. A. McLennan, Q.C.

                McLennan Ross

 

FILING DATE  14.11.1994

                                                                                        

 

Olivia Grace Logozar

                Terrence M. Kulasa

                Kulasa, Campbell & Bokenfohr

 

                v. (24406)

 

Thomas Golder et al. (Alta.)

                Paul Belzil

                Chatwin Belzil

 

FILING DATE  15.11.1994

                                                                                        

 

Sa Majesté La Reine

                Michel St-Cyr

                Subs. procureur général

 

                c. (24408)

 

Claude Simard (Crim.)(Qué.)

                Claude Hamann

                Hamann, Grenon, Barbeau

 

DATE DE PRODUCTION  17.11.1994

                                                                                        

 




APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE 

SUBMITTED TO COURT SINCE LAST ISSUE

REQUÊTES SOUMISES À LA COUR DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

 

                                                                                                                                               NOVEMBER 10, 1994 / LE 10 NOVEMBRE 1994

 

CORAM:  CHIEF JUSTICE LAMER AND L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ AND GONTHIER JJ. /

LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER ET LES JUGES L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ ET GONTHIER

 

                                                                                             Gabriel Tardi

 

                                                                                                c. (24387)

 

                                                   General Motors Acceptance Corporation du Canada Limitée

 

                                                                                                    - and -

 

                                                                   Les Chaussures L'Oiseau Bleu Inc. (Qué.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Procedural law - Civil procedure - Pre-trial procedure - Respondent applying for repossession of motor vehicle purchased by Les Chaussures L'Oiseau Bleu Inc. - Applicant representing Les Chaussures in proceedings - Respondent's preliminary motion granted and Les Chaussures ordered to obtain counsel - Applicant's motion for revocation of judgment and for leave to intervene dismissed - Respondent's motion to repossess granted - Respondent's motion for dismissal of the appeal allowed and Applicant's appeal dismissed - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in allowing the Respondent's motion for dismissal of the appeal and in dismissing the Applicant's appeal.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

June 29, 1994

Superior Court of Quebec (Crépeau J.)

Respondent's motion to repossess allowed

 

August 4, 1994

Court of Appeal of Quebec

(Brossard, Proulx and Chamberland JJ.A.)

Respondent's motion for dismissal of appeal allowed; Applicant's appeal dismissed

 

October 12, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

                                                                     La Commission scolaire de la Jonquière

 

                                                                                                c. (24338)

 

                                               Le Syndicat du personnel de soutien de Jonquière (C.E.Q.) (Qué.)

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Droit du travail - Droit administratif - Contrôle judiciaire - Compétence - Arbitrage - Convention collective - Article 73 de la Loi sur le régime de négociation des conventions collectives dans les secteurs public et parapublic, L.R.Q. 1977, ch. R-8.2 - L'arbitre de griefs agissait-il dans le cadre d'une compétence exclusive compte tenu de l'article 100.12 a) du Code du travail, L.R.Q. 1977, ch. C-27? - Dans la négative, la Cour supérieure et la Cour d'appel devaient-elles intervenir puisque l'arbitre a commis une erreur de droit? - Subsidiairement, est-ce que l'arbitre de griefs a commis une erreur manifestement déraisonnable en cautionnant une disposition de la convention collective qui va directement à l'encontre d'une loi d'ordre général et d'intérêt public?

 

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

 

Le 14 septembre 1992

Cour supérieure du Québec (Walters j.c.s.)

Requête en révision d'une décision arbitrale majoritaire rejetée

 

Le 13 juin 1994

Cour d'appel du Québec

(Tyndale, LeBel et Baudouin jj.c.a.)

Pourvoi rejeté

 

Le 13 octobre 1994

Cour suprême du Canada

Demande d'autorisation d'appel déposée

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

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

LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER ET LES JUGES GONTHIER ET IACOBUCCI

 

                                                                                                    F.J.U.

 

                                                                                                v. (24159)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law - Evidence - Voir dire at trial held that the Applicant's statement was a free and voluntary confession - Whether Court of Appeal erred in holding that the reasons of the trial judge for ruling the Applicant's statement was not in violation of s. 10(b) of the Charter were "sufficient" to meet the requirements established in R. v. Burns -  Dissent in Court of Appeal on basis whether the trial judge erred in his direction that the jury could compare similarities in complainant's prior inconsistent statement and Applicant's statement in determining whether Applicant's statement was true.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

December 13, 1990

Ontario Court of Justice (General

Division) (Allen J.)

Conviction: 1 count of incest and 2 counts of sexual interference

 

May 17, 1994

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Houlden [dissenting], Carthy and Osborne JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

 

May 20, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Notice of appeal as of right filed. Dissent on basis that the trial judge erred in his direction that the jury could compare similarities in complainant's prior inconsistent statement and Applicant's statement in determining whether Applicant's statement was true.

 

October 18, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

 

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

                                                                                          Bobby Glenn Holt

 

                                                                                                v. (24362)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Criminal law - Evidence - Defences - Party to the offence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that the trial judge did not err in stating that he was bound to weigh the evidence of flight against the Applicant - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in holding that the trial judge did not err in failing to refer to or give any weight to the disposition of the deceased for violence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in dealing with the issues of flight and the disposition of the deceased for violence as distinct from the issues of self-defence and provocation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in confirming the finding of the trial judge that the Applicant was guilty as a party to the offence of murder, as an aider, by virtue of s. 21(1) (b) of the Criminal Code .

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

May 14, 1993

Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Waite J.)

 

Conviction:  second degree murder

 

June 24, 1994

Court of Appeal of Alberta

(Lomas, Irving and Côté JJ.A)

Appeal dismissed

 

October 20, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

                                                                        Bernard Ratelle et Michel Ste-Marie

 

                                                                                                c. (24333)

 

                                                                                 Sa Majesté La Reine (Qué.)

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Charte canadienne des droits et libertés  - Droit commercial - Faillite - Caractère vague et imprécis de l'al. 202(1) f) de la Loi sur la faillite et l'insolvabilité , L.R.C. 1985, ch. B-3  - Jugement déclaratoire portant que l'al. 202(1) f) de la Loi sur la faillite et l'insolvabilité , L.R.C. 1985, ch. B-3 , porte atteinte aux art. 2b)  et 7  de la Charte canadienne  - La Cour d'appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en droit lorsqu'elle conclut que l'al. 202(1)(f) ne porte pas atteinte aux principes de justice fondamentale prévus à l'art. 7  de la Charte  par son caractère vague et imprécis? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en droit lorsqu'elle conclut que l'al. 202(1)(f) brime la liberté d'expression prévue à l'al. 2b)  de la Charte Canadienne , mais que cette violation est justifiée en vertu de l'art. 1  de la Charte Canadienne ?

 

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

 

Le 27 janvier 1992

Cour du Québec (Bonin J.C.Q.)

Jugement déclaratoire portant que l'alinéa 202(1) f) de la Loi sur la faillite et l'insolvabilité , L.R.C. 1985, ch. B-3 , porte atteinte aux articles 2b)  et 7  de la Charte canadienne ; Demandeurs acquittés

 

Le 12 juin 1992

Cour supérieure du Québec (Paul, J.C.S.)

Appel de l'intimée rejeté

 

Le 17 juin 1994

Cour d'appel du Québec (Tourigny, Deschamps et

Chamberland, JJ.C.A.)

Appel de l'intimée accueilli

 

Le 17 octobre 1994

Cour suprême du Canada

Demande d'autorisation d'appel déposée

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

CORAM:  LA FOREST, CORY AND MAJOR JJ. /

LES JUGES LA FOREST, CORY ET MAJOR

 

                                                                                              Ralph Adler

 

                                                                                                v. (24341)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Taxation - Assessment - Interpretation - Applicant not including amount received as severance pay on his retirement in income for 1991 taxation year - Minister of National Revenue's reassessment including amount in Applicant's income under subparagraph 56(1)(a)(ii) of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1952, c. 148, as amended - Whether the Courts erred in concluding that the amount received by the Applicant was a retiring allowance included in the Applicant's income under subparagraph 56(1)(a)(ii) of the Income Tax Act.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

February 15, 1994

Tax Court of Canada (Margeson J.)

Applicant's appeal from income tax assessment dismissed

 

September 13, 1994

Federal Court of Appeal

(MacGuigan, Létourneau and Robertson JJ.A.)

Application for judicial review dismissed

 

October 19, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

                                                                                   Canadian Pacific Limited

 

                                                                                                v. (24315)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Administrative law - Statutes - Taxation - Appeals - Interpretation - Customs and excise - Role of the Court of Appeal - Rules of interpretation of statutes in technical matters - Interpretation of fiscal laws - Use of extrinsic materials to interpret taxation statutes - Meaning of the phrase "prime metal stage" in tax rebate provisions in the Excise Tax Act, R.S.C. 1970, Ch. E-13, and the Primary Industries Levy Offset Program Regulations, SOR/85-336 - Whether the transportation of coal fell, in the circumstances, within the definition of "mining" set out in subsection 49.01(1) of the Excise Tax Act so as to entitle the Applicant to a rebate of tax paid on diesel fuel used to power the transporting trains - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in giving preference to the French version of the legislation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in overruling the learned trial judge's findings of fact without finding that he had made palpable and overriding errors which affected his assessment of the facts - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the learned judge was wrong in his determination of the ordinary or popular sense meaning of the legislation.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

June 3, 1991

Canadian International Trade Tribunal

(Trudeau, Presiding Member, and Macmillan and Fraleigh, Members)

Appeal pursuant to sections 51.19 and 51.21 (now 81.19 and 81.21) of the Excise Tax Act from a Notice of Determination not allowed

 

March 24, 1994

Federal Court, Trial Division (Denault J.)

Appeal by way of trial de novo allowed

 

June 15, 1994

Federal Court of Appeal

(Mahoney, Stone and Linden JJ.A.)

Appeal allowed

 

October 5, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

Canadian National Railway Company

 

v. (24340)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Administrative law - Statutes - Taxation - Appeals - Interpretation - Customs and excise - Role of the Court of Appeal - Rules of interpretation of statutes in technical matters - Interpretation of fiscal laws - Use of extrinsic materials to interpret taxation statutes - Meaning of the phrase "prime metal stage" in tax rebate provisions in the Excise Tax Act, R.S.C. 1970, Ch. E-13, and the Primary Industries Levy Offset Program Regulations, SOR/85-336 - Whether the transportation of coal fell, in the circumstances, within the definition of "mining" set out in subsection 49.01(1) of the Excise Tax Act so as to entitle the Applicant to a rebate of tax paid on diesel fuel used to power the transporting trains - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in giving preference to the French version of the legislation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in overruling the learned trial judge's findings of fact without finding that he had made palpable and overriding errors which affected his assessment of the facts - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the learned judge was wrong in his determination of the ordinary or popular sense meaning of the legislation.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

June 3, 1991

Canadian International Trade Tribunal

(Trudeau, Presiding Member, and Macmillan and Fraleigh, Members)

Appeal pursuant to sections 51.19 and 51.21 (now 81.19 and 81.21) of the Excise Tax Act from three Notice of Determination not allowed

 

March 24, 1994

Federal Court, Trial Division (Denault J.)

Appeal by way of trial de novo allowed

 

June 15, 1994

Federal Court of Appeal

(Mahoney, Stone and Linden JJ.A.)

Appeal allowed

 

October 5, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

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

LES JUGES L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ, SOPINKA ET McLACHLIN

 

                                                                                        Lionel Désaulniers

 

                                                                                                c. (24356)

 

                                                                          Sa Majesté La Reine (Crim.)(Qué.)

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Droit criminel - Preuve - Agression sexuelle - Crédibilité des témoins - Connaissance judiciaire -La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en ne statuant pas que le juge du procès avait commis une erreur de droit en prenant connaissance d'office de la preuve d'expert contenue dans le jugement rendu dans R. c. Gilles Benoit no 700-01-001093-894? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en ne statuant pas que le juge du procès avait commis une erreur de droit en prenant connaissance d'office du livre Précis de pharmacologie? - La Cour d'appel a-t-elle erré en applicant l'article 686(1)b)(iii) du Code criminel  malgré l'effet cumulatif des erreurs de droit commises par le juge du procès qui a pris connaissance d'office du Rapport Badgley et de l'ouvrage intitulé Abus sexuels.

 

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

 

Le 1er février 1991

Cour du Québec (Pronovost J.C.Q.)

Déclaration de culpabilité: 2 chefs d'agression sexuelle

 

Le 1er mars 1991

Cour du Québec (Pronovost J.C.Q.)

Peines à être purgées de manière concurrente: 3 ans sur le premier chef, 2 ans sur le deuxième

Le 7 mars 1991

Cour d'appel du Québec (Gendreau, J.C.A.)

Autorisation d'interjeter appel accordée;

Mise en liberté provisoire pendant l'appel accordée

 

Le 15 août 1994

Cour d'appel du Québec (LeBel, Tourigny et Chamberland, JJ.C.A.)

Appel contre la déclaration de culpabilité et la peine rejeté

 

Le 24 octobre 1994

Cour suprême du Canada

Demande d'autorisation d'appel déposée

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

                                                                                      Harald Horst Ludwig

 

                                                                                                v. (24327)

 

                                                                                      Carolyn Crick (B.C.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Family law - Division of property - Unjust enrichment - Parties living together in a common law relationship for just over two years - Respondent providing household and health care services to the Applicant, while economic contribution to the property insignificant - Whether Court of Appeal erred in extending the remedy for a constructive trust where the relationship was of a short duration and no link demonstrated between the contribution and the subject property - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal ignored the central findings of the trial judge and offended the decision in Stein v. The Ship "Kathy K".

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

October 16, 1992

Supreme Court of British Columbia (Paris J.)

Respondent's claim dismissed

 

August 16, 1994

Court of Appeal for British Columbia

(Southin [dissenting], Proudfoot and Goldie JJ.A.)

Appeal allowed; Applicant liable to Respondent

 

October 11, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

                                                                                        Simcoe Erie Group

 

                                                                                                v. (24330)

 

                                                         Barton Myers and Barton Myers Architect Inc. (Ont.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Commercial law - Insurance - Damages - Actions - Interpretation of professional liability insurance contract - Whether insurer required to defend professional insureds in action for return of fees and damages if a defence and set-off relating to alleged negligence against the professional insured is successful - Whether insurer required to defend professional insureds in actions for return of fees and damages even though the insured cannot be liable to pay any damages for an alleged error or omission by the professional insured.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

May 13, 1994

Ontario Court of Justice (General Division)

(Greer J.)

 

Applicants ordered to defend Respondents

  June 23, 1994

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Griffiths, Carthy and Galligan JJ.A.)

Appeal allowed to extent that formal order amended to clarify that Applicant liable only for amounts relating to professional negligence

 

October 14, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

NOVEMBER 17, 1994 / LE 17 NOVEMBRE 1994

 

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

LE JUGE EN CHEF LAMER ET LES JUGES GONTHIER ET IACOBUCCI

 

                                                                                           Wendel Dewald

 

                                                                                                v. (24363)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Evidence - Police - Exclusion of evidence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the determination as to whether to delay the administration of a road side screening device pursuant to s. 254(2)  of the Criminal Code  should be abdicated to the police officer based on his opinion as to whether a proper analysis can be obtained - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal erred in interfering with the trial judge's conclusions relating to the exclusion of evidence pursuant to s. 24(2)  of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal erred in determining the appropriate principles which ought to apply to a finding pursuant to s. 24(2)  of the Charter  - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal erred while determining the applicability of s. 24(2)  of the Charter  and in holding that the subsequent breathalyser reading was real evidence not induced by the action of police - Whether the majority of the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that once the Applicant's ss. 8  and 10(b)  Charter  rights were violated, that the exclusion from evidence of a breathalyser reading would bring the administration of justice into dispute.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

January 12, 1993

Ontario Court (Provincial Division) (Taillon J.)

 

Charge pursuant to s. 254(2)  of the Criminal Code  stayed

 

October 13, 1993

Ontario Court (General Division) (McLean J.)

Appeal allowed: new trial ordered

August 24, 1994

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Grange, Galligan and Arbour [dissenting] JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

 

October 25, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

                                                                    Battlefords and District Co-operative Ltd.

 

                                                                                                v. (24342)

 

                                    Betty-Lu Clara Gibbs and Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (Sask.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Civil rights - Interpretation - Insurance - Discrimination on the basis of mental disability - Respondent Gibbs receiving insurance benefits for mental disability for 24 months under health insurance policy - Whether an employer who provides a disability plan which limits benefits for one kind of disability, but not for others, discriminates on the basis of disability contrary to s. 16(1) of The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, S.S. 1979, c. S-24.1 -Whether the Court of Appeal erred in dismissing the Applicant's appeal.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

July 28, 1992

Board of Inquiry

Complaint of discrimination allowed

 

February 9, 1993

Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan

(Lawton J.)

Appeal dismissed

 

June 14, 1994

Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (Bayda C.J.A., Wakeling [dissenting] and Jackson JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

 

October 14, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

CORAM:  LA FOREST, CORY AND MAJOR JJ. /

LES JUGES LA FOREST, CORY ET MAJOR

 

                                                                                         Ronald A. Wilson

 

                                                                                                v. (24358)

 

                                     Chris McRea, Wood Gundy Inc., Gerald McKendry and Tia McKendry (Ont.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Commercial law - Stockbrokers - Procedural law - Applicant investing in stock of company - Company going bankrupt - Motion for summary judgment under Rule 20 as not showing a genuine issue for trial - Whether right to a trial affected by the interpretation of Ontario Rule 20 -Whether parameters of the common law duty of a broker and the right to recover losses from a company promoter changed.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

November 27, 1992

Ontario Court (General Division) (Byers J.)

Claim dismissed

 

August 23, 1994

Court of Appeal for Ontario

(Robins, Finlayson and Carthy JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

 

October 20, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

                                                                                          John M. Tennant

 

                                                                                                v. (24339)

 

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

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Taxation - Statutes - Interpretation - Income tax - Deduction of interest expenses incurred on a loan -Borrowed funds used to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Realwest Engergy Corporation for purpose of earning income - Applicant entering into agreement of purchase and sale with arms length corporation, TWL Holdings Ltd.  pursuant to s. 85 of the Income Tax Act,  under which he exchanged shares for 1,000 shares in TWL - New shares also used for earning income - Whether Applicant entitled to continue to deduct interest expense for loan used to purchase first shares.

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

January 15, 1993

Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division

(Teitelbaum J.)

 

Applicant's appeal denied;

Notices of Reassessments upheld

 

June 21, 1994

Federal Court of Appeal

(Mahoney, Desjardins and McDonald JJ.A.)

Appeal dismissed

 

October 17, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

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

LES JUGES L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ, SOPINKA ET McLACHLIN

 

                                                                                       Sa Majesté La Reine

 

                                                                                                c. (24350)

 

                                                                                 Roger Aubin (Crim.)(Qué.)

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Droit criminel - Preuve - Preuve circonstancielle - Pertinence de la preuve, force probante et préjudice pour l'accusé - Critère d'admissibilité d'une preuve - Admissibilité en preuve de l'arme saisie au moment de l'arrestation du demandeur en l'absence de preuve établissant de façon précise l'identité de l'arme causant la mort de la victime - La Cour d'appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en droit dans la détermination du critère d'admissibilité d'une preuve?

 

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

 

Le 12 février 1991

Cour supérieure du Québec  (Desjardins, J.C.S.)

Déclaration de culpabilité: Meurtre au deuxième degré

 

Le 2 août 1994

Cour d'appel du Québec (LeBel, Tourigny et Chamberland, JJ.C.A.)

Appel accueilli; cassation du verdict de culpabilité; ordonnance de nouveau procès

 

Le 27 octobre 1994

Cour suprême du Canada

Demande d'autorisation d'appel déposée

 

                                                                                                                                                   

 

                                                                           The Minister of Justice of Canada

 

                                                                                                v. (24253)

 

                                                                             Daniel Jamieson (Crim.)(Qué.)

 

NATURE OF THE CASE

 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - International law - Extradition - Criminal law - Narcotics - Respondent facing in Michigan a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years' imprisonment for trafficking in 273 grams of a mixture containing cocaine - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in setting aside the Warrant of Surrender and in granting habeas corpus with certiorari in aid, on the basis that the said Warrant violated the Respondent's rights under s. 7  of the Charter  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its interpretation of Kindler v. Canada (Minister of Justice), [1991] 2 S.C.R. 779, in reviewing the Minister's decision to surrender, by focusing on the mandatory minimum penalty and the interpretation of Michigan State law rather than balancing the criteria set out in Kindler, and allowing due deference to the Minister, in deciding that the Minister's decision to surrender Jamieson violated s. 7  of the Charter  - Whether the Court of Appeal erred by deciding the sentence Jamieson would face under Michigan State Law if convicted, in its review of the decisions of the judge on habeas corpus and the Minister on surrender, and the question of a violation of s. 7  of the Charter .

 

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

 

September 23, 1993

Superior Court of Quebec (Mayrand J.S.C.)

Application for habeas corpus with certiorari in aid dismissed

 

August 25, 1994

Court of Appeal of Quebec (Beauregard, Baudouin [dissenting] and Fish JJ.A.)

Appeal allowed

 

August 31, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada (L'Heureux-Dubé J.)

Motion for a stay of proceedings granted

 

October 25, 1994

Supreme Court of Canada

Application for leave to appeal filed

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 


JUDGMENTS ON APPLICATIONS

FOR LEAVE

JUGEMENTS RENDUS SUR LES DEMANDES D'AUTORISATION

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

NOVEMBER 17, 1994 / LE 17 NOVEMBRE 1994

 

24290PAN OCEAN OIL LTD. - v. - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (F.C.A.)

 

CORAM:               The Chief Justice and 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 - Commercial law - Assessment - Statutes - Interpretation - Amalgamation - Does the corporate law principle that an amalgamating corporation continues to exist in the amalgamated corporation as decided in Black and Decker Manufacturing Co. Ltd., [1975] 1 S.C.R. 411 apply for income tax purposes as previously decided by the Federal Court of Appeal in The Queen v. Guaranty Properties Ltd. et al., (1990) 44 DTC 6363? - Is an amalgamated corporation a new corporation by virtue of the wording of par. 87(2)(a) of the Income Tax Act with the result that its tax attributes and entitlement to deductions are limited to those set forth in s. 87 of the Act thus resulting in a loss of tax attributes and deductions of an amalgamating corporation to the amalgamated corporation? - Interpretation and application of s. 87 of the Income Tax Act.

 

                                                                                                                                                 

 

24235CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS LTD. v. BOVAR INC. AND BOVAR INVESTMENTS INC., CARRYING ON BUSINESS AS MAINLAND MANUFACTURING, AND POWELL MACHINERY LTD. (B.C.)

 

CORAM:               L'Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier 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 - Novation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in overturning the trial judge's findings of fact on a summary trial without finding a palpable or overriding error -Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that the naming of the original debtor as a defendant in this action claiming novation was a relevant factor in determining whether the Applicant had released the original debtor and whether the Respondent Mainland Manufacturing had assumed the original obligation by way of a novation - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in misapplying the requirement in National Trust v. Mead, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 410 for compelling evidence in determining whether the Respondent Mainland Manufacturing assumed obligations under a guarantee by way of a novation.

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

24242INGE STEPHENS c. LES SERVICES DE SANTÉ DU QUÉBEC (Qué.)

 

CORAM:Les juges L'Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier et McLachlin

 

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

 

                The request for extension of time is granted and the application for leave to appeal is dismissed without costs.

 

 

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

 

Code civil - Assurance - Preuve - Assurance-invalidité - Transsexualisme - Quel degré de preuve un tribunal peut-il exiger d'un assuré en matière d'assurance-invalidité? - Compte tenu de l'article 2537 du C.c.B.C. (art. 2437 du C.c.Q.) un assureur peut-il négliger de verser des prestations d'invalidité à son assuré sans auparavant lui demander de faire la preuve de la continuation de l'invalidité ou apporter lui-même une preuve contraire?

 

                                                                                                                                                 


MOTIONS

REQUÊTES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

10.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  LE REGISTRAIRE

 

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du mémoire de l'intervenant

 

RJR MacDonald Inc.

 

   c. (23460)

 

Procureur général du Canada (Qué.)

 

   et entre

 

Imperial Oil Ltd.

 

   c. (23490)

 

Procureur général du Canada (Qué.)

Motion to extend the time in which to file an intervener's factum

 

With the consent of the parties. / Avec le consentement des parties.

 

 

 

ACCORDÉE / GRANTED Délai prorogé au 27 octobre 1994.

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

10.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  LE JUGE IACOBUCCI

 

Requête en prorogation du délai pour obtenir l'autorisation d'appel

 

Richard Couture

 

   c. (24392)

 

Sa Majesté La Reine (Qué.)

Motion to extend the time in which to apply for leave to appeal

 

Avec le consentement des parties.

 

 

 

ACCORDÉE / GRANTED  Délai prorogé au 8 novembre 1994.

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

10.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the intervener's factum

 

BY/PAR:A.G. of Quebec

                                A.G. of Ontario

 

The Tseshaht et al.

 

   v. (23234)

 

Her Majesty the Queen in right of B.C. (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du mémoire de l'intervenant

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

15.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  LA FOREST J.

 

Motion to extend the time in which to apply for leave to appeal

 

Leonard Joseph Henry

 

   v. (24384)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai pour obtenir l'autorisation d'appel

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE  Time extended to November 4, 1994.

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

15.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  LE JUGE LA FOREST

 

Requête en vue de surseoir à l'exécution

 

Procureur général du Québec

 

   c. (24309)

 

2747-3174 Québec Inc. (Qué.)

Motion for a stay of execution

 

 

 

 

ACCORDÉE / GRANTED

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

16.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  LA FOREST J.

 

Motion for leave to intervene

 

BY/PAR:HIV-T Group and the Canadian Association of Transfused Hepatitis C Survivors

 

IN/DANS:Kobe ter Neuzen

 

                                                v. (23773)

 

Dr. Gerald Korn (B.C.)

Requête en autorisation d'intervention

 

Kenneth Arenson, for the motion.

 

B.A. Crane, Q.C., contra.

 

Consent filed by the appellant.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

It is hereby ordered that:

 

1.The motion for leave to intervene is granted.  The HIV-T Group and the Canadian Association of Transfused Hepatitis C Survivors may file a 20-page factum in the above referenced appeal before December 9, 1994.  The Respondent may file a response before January 9, 1995.

 

2.There will be no order as to costs on this motion.  Costs on the appeal are to be determined by the Court.

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

16.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the appellant's factum

 

Hubert Patrick O'Connor

 

   v. (24114)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du mémoire de l'appelant

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

16.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the applicant's reply

 

Atlific (Nfld.) Ltd.

 

   v. (24313)

 

Hotel Buildings Ltd. et al. (Nfld.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt de la réplique de la requérante

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE   Time extended to November 18, 1994.

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

16.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the case on appeal

 

Allan Jacob Lewis et al.

 

   v. (23802)

 

Her Majesty The Queen in right of Canada (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du dossier d'appel

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

16.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent's factum

 

Kobe ter Neuzen

 

   v. (23773)

 

Dr. Gerald Korn (B.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du mémoire de l'intimé

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

16.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent's factum

 

Percival Whitley

 

   v. (23891)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du mémoire de l'intimé

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

16.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent's factum

 

Timothy Erin Mowers

 

   v. (23890)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du mémoire de l'intimé

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

16.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent's factum

 

Merck & Co. Inc. et al.

 

   v. (23905)

 

Apotex Inc. et al. (Alta.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du mémoire de l'intimé

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

17.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the appellant's factum

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du mémoire de l'appelant

 

With the consent of the parties.

Kwong Hung Chan

 

   v. (23813)

 

The Minister of Employment & Immigration (F.C.A.)(B.C.)

 

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE 

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

17.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent's factum

 

Steven Levis et al.

 

   v. (23809)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du mémoire de l'intimé

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

17.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the respondent's supplementary case on appeal and factum

 

B.I. Maksymec et al.

 

   v. (23519)

 

Y.R. Botiuk (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du dossier supplémentaire de l'intimé et mémoire

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

16.11.1994

 

Before / Devant:  THE REGISTRAR

 

Motion to extend the time in which to file the appellant's factum

 

Telecommunications Workers Union

 

   v. (23778)

 

C.R.T.C. et al. (F.C.A.)(Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai de dépôt du mémoire de l'appelante

 

With the consent of the parties.

 

 

 

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 


NOTICES OF APPEAL FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

AVIS D'APPEL DÉPOSÉS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

                                                                                                                                               


14.11.1994

 

Stephan Mills

 

   v. (23728)

 

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

 

 

                                                                                        

 

10.11.1994

 

Noel Edwin Bell

 

   v. (24134)

 

Canadian Human Rights Commission (F.C.A.)(B.C.)

                                                                                        

 

10.11.1994

 

David John Cooper

 

   v. (24135)

 

Canadian Human Rights Commission (F.C.A.)(B.C.)

 

                                                                                        

 

10.11.1994

 

William Wade

 

   v. (24153)

 

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

 

                                                                                        

 

16.11.1994

 

Morris Manning

 

   v. (24216)

 

S. Casey Hill et al. (Ont.)

 

                                                                                        

 


NOTICES  OF  INTERVENTION FILED SINCE LAST ISSUE

AVIS D'INTERVENTION DÉPOSÉS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

BY/PAR:Attorney General of Alberta

                                Attorney General of Ontario

                                Attorney General of Saskatchewan

 

IN/DANS:Donald and William Gladstone

 

                                                v. (23801)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

BY/PAR:Attorney General of Alberta

                                Attorney General of Newfoundland

                                Attorney General of Ontario

                                Attorney General of Saskatchewan

 

 

IN/DANS:NTC Smokehouse Ltd.

 

                                                v. (23800)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

BY/PAR:Attorney General of Alberta

                                Procureur général du Québec

                                Attorney General of Ontario

                                Attorney General of Saskatchewan

 

 

IN/DANS:Jerry Benjamin Nikal

 

                                                v. (23804)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

BY/PAR:Attorney General of Alberta

                                Procureur général du Québec

                                Attorney General of Ontario

                                Attorney General of Saskatchewan

 

IN/DANS:Dorothy Marie Van Der Peet

 

                                                v. (23803)

 

Her Majesty The Queen (B.C.)

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

BY/PAR:Attorney General of Alberta

                                Attorney General of New Brunswick

                                Attorney General of Newfoundland

                                Attorney General of Ontario

                                Procureur général du Canada

 

IN/DANS:Franck Cote et al.

 

                                                c. (23707)

 

Sa Majesté La Reine (Qué.)

 

                                                                                                                                                  


APPEALS HEARD SINCE LAST ISSUE AND DISPOSITION

APPELS ENTENDUS DEPUIS LA DERNIÈRE PARUTION ET RÉSULTAT


                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

10.11.1994

 

CORAM:Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

 

Her Majesty The Queen

 

   v. (23978)

 

William John Dubazs (Crim.)(Alta.)

Paul C. Bourque, for the appellant.

 

 

 

David B. Mercer, for the respondent.

 

 

 

SOPINKA J. -- For the reasons of Foisy J.A., dissenting, in the Court of Appeal, we agree that the majority of the Court of Appeal erred in setting aside the conviction.  The appeal is allowed, the judgment of the Court of Appeal is set aside and the conviction at trial is restored.  The matter is remitted to the Court of Appeal to deal with the appeal as to sentence.

 

LE JUGE SOPINKA -- Pour les motifs donnés par le juge Foisy, dissident, de la Cour d'appel, nous sommes d'accord pour dire que la Cour d'appel à la majorité a commis une erreur en annulant la déclaration de culpabilité.  Le pourvoi est accueilli, le jugement de la Cour d'appel est infirmé et la déclaration de culpabilité prononcée au procès est rétablie.  La question est retournée à la Cour d'appel pour qu'elle statue sur l'appel contre la peine.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

10.11.1994

 

CORAM:Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, Iacobucci and Major JJ.

 

Her Majesty The Queen

 

   v. (23974)

 

John Paul Lepage (Crim.)(Ont.)

James W. Leising and Lucia P. Favret, for the appellant.

 

 

Donald Orazietti, Q.C., for the respondent.

 

 

 

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

 

Nature of the case:

 

Criminal law - Food and drugs - Offences - Trial - Evidence -  Appeal - Jurisdiction - Did the majority of the Court of Appeal err in concluding that the trial judge erred in finding that the Crown had proven the Respondent's possession of L.S.D. from the evidence presented at the trial, including the evidence of the presence of the Respondent's fingerprints on the clear bag which contained L.S.D.? - Did the majority of the Court of Appeal err in usurping the function of the trial judge by substituting their view of the evidence for that of the trial judge's in a situation where there was no error in the trial judge's evaluation of the evidence and the conclusions that she drew from it?

Nature de la cause:

 

Droit criminel - Aliments et drogues - Infractions - Procès - Preuve - Appel - Compétence - La Cour d'appel à la majorité a-t-elle commis une erreur en concluant que le juge du procès a commis une erreur quand elle a conclu de la preuve présentée au procès, dont la preuve de la présence d'empreintes digitales de l'intimé sur le sac transparent contenant du L.S.D., que la poursuite avait prouvé que l'intimé était en possession de L.S.D.? - La Cour d'appel à la majorité a-t-elle commis une erreur en usurpant le rôle du juge du procès en substituant son opinion quant à la preuve à celle du juge du procès dans une situation où celle-ci n'avait pas commis d'erreur dans l'appréciation de la preuve et la conclusion qu'elle en a tirée?

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 


WEEKLY AGENDA

ORDRE DU JOUR DE LA

SEMAINE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

AGENDA for the week beginning November 21, 1994.

ORDRE DU JOUR pour la semaine commençant le 21 novembre 1994.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

Date of Hearing/                                     Case Number and Name/    

Date d'audition                        NO.         Numéro et nom de la cause

 

 

 

                                                                                                                       

The Court is not sitting this week

 

                                         

 

La Cour ne siège pas cette semaine

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              NOTE: 

 

This agenda is subject to change.  Hearing dates should be confirmed with Process Registry staff at (613) 996-8666.

 

Cet ordre du jour est sujet à modification.  Les dates d'audience devraient être confirmées auprès du personnel du greffe au (613) 996-8666.


DEADLINES: MOTIONS

 

DÉLAIS: REQUÊTES

 

                                                                                                                                               

BEFORE THE COURT:

 

Pursuant to Rule 23.1 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, the following deadlines must be met before a motion before the Court can be heard:

DEVANT LA COUR:

 

Conformément à l'article 23.1 des Règles de la Cour suprême du Canada, les délais suivants doivent être respectés pour qu'une requête soit entendue par la Cour:

 

 

 

 

 

Motion day          :            December 5, 1994

 

Service                :            November 14, 1994

Filing                   :            November 21, 1994

Respondent        :            November 28, 1994

 

Audience du            :            5 décembre 1994

 

Signification            :            14 novembre 1994

Dépôt                        :            21 novembre 1994

Intimé                        :            28 novembre 1994

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  


DEADLINES:  APPEALS

 

DÉLAIS:  APPELS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

The next session of the Supreme Court of Canada commences on October 3, 1994. 

 

La prochaine session de la Cour suprême du Canada débute le 3 octobre 1994.

 

Pursuant to the Supreme Court Act and Rules, the following requirements for filing must be complied with before an appeal will be inscribed and set down for hearing:

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

 

Case on appeal must be filed within three months of the filing of the notice of appeal.

Le dossier d'appel doit être déposé dans les trois mois du dépôt de l'avis d'appel.

 

Appellant's factum must be filed within five months of the filing of the notice of appeal.

Le mémoire de l'appelant doit être déposé dans les cinq mois du dépôt de l'avis d'appel.

 

Respondent's factum must be filed within eight weeks of the date of service of the appellant's factum.

Le mémoire de l'intimé doit être déposé dans les huit semaines suivant la signification de celui de l'appelant.

 

Intervener's factum must be filed within two weeks of the date of service of the respondent's factum.

 

Le mémoire de l'intervenant doit être déposé dans les deux semaines suivant la signification de celui de l'intimé.

 

The Registrar shall inscribe the appeal for hearing upon the filing of the respondent's factum or after the expiry of the time for filing the respondent's factum

Le registraire inscrit l'appel pour audition après le dépôt du mémoire de l'intimé ou à l'expiration du délai de signification du mémoire de l'intimé.

 

The Registrar shall enter on a list all appeals inscribed for hearing at the October 1994 Session on August 9, 1994.

Le 9 août 1994, le registraire met au rôle de la session d'octobre 1994 tous les appels inscrits pour audition.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 


SUPREME COURT REPORTS

RECUEIL DES ARRÊTS DE LA COUR SUPRÊME

                                                                                                                                                             

THE STYLES OF CAUSE IN THE PRESENT TABLE ARE THE STANDARDIZED STYLES OF CAUSE (AS EXPRESSED UNDER THE "INDEXED AS" ENTRY IN EACH CASE).

 

 

LES INTITULÉS UTILISÉS DANS CETTE TABLE SONT LES INTITULÉS NORMALISÉS DE LA RUBRIQUE "RÉPERTORIÉ" DANS CHAQUE ARRÊT.

 

 

Judgments reported in [1994] 2 S.C.R., Part 6

 

R. v. C. (T.L.), [1994] 2 S.C.R. 1012

 

R. v. Moyer, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 899

 

R. v. Tran, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 951

 

R. v. Whittle, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 914

 

 

Jugements publiés dans [1994] 2 R.C.S., partie 6

 

R. c. C. (T.L.), [1994] 2 R.C.S. 1012

 

R. c. Moyer, [1994] 2 R.C.S. 899

 

R. c. Tran, [1994] 2 R.C.S. 951

 

R. c. Whittle, [1994] 2 R.C.S. 914

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  

 

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