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April 20, 2001  704 - 759                                                                      le 20 avril 2001

CONTENTS                                                   TABLE DES MATIÈRES

APRIL 17, 2001 / LE 17 AVRIL 2001

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

Le juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Iacobucci et Bastarache

Sa Majesté la Reine

c. (28355)

Daniel Brunette (Crim.)(Qué.)

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit Criminel - Détermination de la peine - Emprisonnement avec sursis -  La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en droit en substituant une peine d’emprisonnement avec sursis à une peine d’emprisonnement continu alors que celle-ci, malgré qu’une erreur de droit aurait été commise, n’était pas manifestement déraisonnable? - Subsidiairement, dans un cas où le premier juge omet lors de l’imposition de la peine de prendre en compte l’emprisonnement avec sursis prévu par l’art. 742.1  du Code criminel , L.R.C. 1985, ch. C-46 , la Cour d’appel doit-elle lui retourner le dossier afin que l’examen de cette peine soit effectué selon les principes prescrits à l’article 718  du Code criminel  et conformément à ceux émis par cette Cour dans les arrêts R. c. Proulx, [2000] 1 R.C.S. 61, R. c. R.A.R., [2000] 1 R.C.S. 163 et R.c. R.N.S., [2000] 1 R.C.S. 149?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Le 15 janvier 2001

Cour suprême du Canada

Demande d’autorisation d’appel déposée

Andrzej Maciorowski

v. (28301)

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Insurance - Insurer’s duty to defend - Tort action against insured - Alleged breach of statutory condition - Insurer denying liability and added to action as statutory third party - Insured seeking costs of independent defence from insurer - Whether issue of insurer’s duty to defend an insured, in a case where the insurer alleges a breach of condition, is to be determined on a case-by-case basis - Whether Nichols v. American Home Assurance , [1990] 1 S.C.R. 801, should have been applied - Alternatively, whether there were clear and uncontested breaches of condition  - Alternatively, whether the matter should have been remanded to motions judge for determination, on a full hearing of all the evidence and case law.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company

v. (28326)

Brent Shepherd and Barbara Weir Shepherd (Alta.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Insurance - Exclusions - Notice - Court of Appeal finding that insurer was in breach of s. 203(1) of Insurance Act, R.S.A. 1980, c. I-5, and therefore could not rely on exclusions in policy - Whether purpose of s. 203(1) is to impose a duty on an insurer to provide real and actual notice of policy exclusions to an insured, so as to protect that insured from suffering real prejudice by virtue of being uninformed.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Ravi Devgan

v. (28319)

Nasim Jiwani and Rajabli Jiwani (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Bankruptcy - Applicant defaulted on debt - Respondents obtained civil judgment - Applicant declared bankruptcy - Applicant convicted of fraud in relation to debt and ordered to make compensation under (former) s. 725(1)  of the Criminal Code  - Declaration made that civil judgment survives bankruptcy - Whether there was excessive delay in bringing an application before the Bankruptcy Court - Whether a criminal compensation order and a civil judgment can be made in respect of the same debt.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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

Les juges L’Heureux-Dubé, Arbour et LeBel

Her Majesty the Queen

v. (28443)

Rajinder Kumar Benji (Crim.) (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Procedural law - Indictments - Direct indictments - Whether the Attorney General can prefer a direct indictment against an accused for offences for which the accused has already been committed for trial after a preliminary inquiry

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Pushpa Thawani, Thawani Enterprises Incorporated

v. (28289)

Shell Canada Products Limited (Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Landlord tenant - Leases - Applicant failing to comply with municipal by-laws, regulations and court order for the storage and use of propane gas - Respondent terminating lease - Whether Court of Appeal erred in dismissing appeal - Whether Applicant’s Charter rights violated

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Sheila Eberts

v. (28308)

Claude‐Alain Burdet in Trust (Ont.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Real property - Condominiums -  Voting rights - Remedies - Proprietary estoppel - Whether Court of Appeal misdirected itself when it found that equitable principles cannot override statutory language such as s. 60 of the Condominium Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.26, which, on its face, states that the Act applies “notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary”.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Syncrude Canada Ltd.

v. (28310)

Walter Strukoff (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural Law - Courts - Jurisdiction - Claim for wrongful termination and damages in tort commenced in British Columbia - Employment based in Alberta and employer having no employees nor any place of business in British Columbia - Letter providing notice of termination of employment originating in Alberta - Jurisdiction of courts of British Columbia.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

CORAM:   Gonthier, Major and Binnie JJ. /

Les juges Gonthier, Major et Binnie

Her Majesty the Queen

v. (28358)

Peter Donald Unfried

AND BETWEEN:

Peter Donald Unfried

v.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Sentence - Standard of appellate review - Whether the court of appeal erred in deciding that the sentence imposed by the learned trial judge was unfit - Conditional sentence - Whether the court of appeal applied the correct test in imposing a conditional sentence - Unreasonable verdict - Standard of appellate review - Whether the court of appeal erred in holding that the verdict was reasonable and supported by the evidence - Whether the court of appeal gave adequate reasons for its decision

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

January 19, 1998

Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba

(Monnin J.)

Conviction: Indecent assault against another male

Her Majesty the Queen

v. (28423)

James Joseph Lauzon (Crim.)(Man.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Right to counsel - Whether the police ought to have cautioned the Respondent even though he was not under arrest or detained

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Cecil Mills

v. (28374)

Tena Hardy (N.S.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Right to counsel in custody proceedings and section7 - Fair hearing - Whether Court of Appeal erred in determining trial judge had not erred in exercising discretion to decline to appoint counsel for the Applicant - Whether Court of Appeal erred in applying principles stated in New Brunswick (Minister of Health and Community Services) v. G.(J.), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 46 and Family Court Rules 5.04 and 5.17

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Council of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation

v. (28309)

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia, Attorney General of Canada (B.C.)

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural Law - Civil procedure - Striking statements of claim - Statement of claim seeks declaration of an aboriginal right without pleading infringement or threatened infringement of that right - Whether statement of claim discloses a cause of action - Whether claim must plead right has been infringed or is threatened by infringement - Whether aboriginal rights are defined with reference to the justifiable infringements of a right which may exist from time to time - Whether Statement of Claim seeking declaratory relief can be struck out as disclosing no cause of action on a trial judge’s discretion.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

APRIL 19, 2001 / LE 19 AVRIL 2001

28320                    RICHARD BASTIEN ‐ c. ‐ SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE  (Qué.) (Criminelle)

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

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

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

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Directives au jury - Doute raisonnable - Directives antérieures à l’arrêt R. c. Lifchus, [1997] 2 R.C.S. 320 - Les directives au jury sont-elles irrémédiablement entachées par l’utilisation des expressions «certitude morale», «fermement convaincus» et «pas certain» pour expliquer la notion du doute raisonnable? - Cette erreur peut-elle être mise de côté par l’application de l’article 686(1)b)(iii) du Code criminel , L.R.C. 1985, c. C-46 ? - Une directive erronée au sujet du principe fondamental du fardeau de la preuve de la poursuite porte-elle atteinte à l’article 11 d )  de la Charte Canadienne des droits et libertés ?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

Le 16 septembre 1997

Cour supérieure

(Trottier j.c.s.)

Demandeur trouvé coupable de meurtre au premier degré

28405                    SONYA FAYE COURTEREILLE ‐ v. ‐ HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (B.C.) (Criminal)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Bastarache JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Second degree murder - Self-defence - Jury directions - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in upholding the trial judge’s decision that s. 37  of the Criminal Code , R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46  was not a viable route to a self-defence justification for killing in the circumstances of this case

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28337                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN ‐ v. ‐ DONALD LESTER LOCKYER (Nfld.) (Criminal)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Bastarache JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Sentencing - Manslaughter - Majority of Court of Appeal substitutes fifteen years imprisonment for life imprisonment - Whether life imprisonment was a fit sentence in the circumstances - Whether trial judge treated accused as a dangerous offender.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28141                    THOMAS RICHARD JACKSON ‐ v. ‐ ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA (FC) (Civil)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Bastarache JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes - Interpretation - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred in determining that pedigreed wheat seed is “grain” for the purposes of the Canada Grain Act, S.C. 1970-71-72, c. 7 - Whether the Motions Judge erred in holding that the fact that the appellant’s pedigreed wheat seed had not been graded under the Canada Grain Act was of no legal consequence - Does the Canada Grain Act require that seed wheat be inspected and graded in order to fall within the jurisdiction of the Canada Grain Act - Does the Canadian Wheat Board have a legal obligation to buy, market, and sell pedigreed seed grain, in a fair manner that recognizes it’s extra intrinsic value.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28240                    BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ‐ v. ‐ STUDENT ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (B.C.) (Civil)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Bastarache JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Property law - Leases - Arbitration - Appeal to court - Arbitration board ruling that Applicant had lawfully withheld its approval of Respondent’s proposed new uses of leased premises - Court of Appeal granting Respondent leave to appeal arbitrator’s award under s. 31 of Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 55 - Standard for court to apply in deciding whether to review a final and binding award made in a consensual arbitration under domestic commercial arbitration legislation.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28259                    CASIMIR GADZELLA ‐ v. ‐ HINDMARSH HOLDINGS LTD., CEBB INVESTMENTS LTD., AND PLEASANT HILL PLAZA INC. (Sask.) (Civil)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Bastarache JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Negligence - Personal injury - Occupier’s liability - Applicant suffering injury in slip and fall accident - Whether Respondents are liable for Applicant’s injury - Application of term “unusual danger” in the circumstances

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28185                    ALL SEASONS DISPLAY INC. ET AL., DAVID ROWLAND, MARTIN STEWART, CONCORD SECURITY CORPORATION, DAVID REYNOLDS, WESTERN FIBRES LTD., GAGE BABCOCK & ASSOCIATES LTD. ‐ v. ‐ MICHAEL MYLETT, JERI LYNNE COX AND FRANK FROST, CITY OF SURREY, ORANGE JULIUS CANADA LIMITED ET AL. ‐ and between ‐ ALL SEASONS DISPLAY INC. ET AL. ‐ v. ‐ MICHAEL MYLETT, JERI LYNNE COX AND FRANK FROST, LAING PROPERTY CORPORATION, CITY OF SURREY, ORANGE JULIUS CANADA LIMITED ET AL. (B.C.) (Civil)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Bastarache JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial law - Torts - Negligence - Contract - Privity -  Effect of a covenant to insure in a lease - Employees of landlord claiming protection accorded landlord under lease requirement that tenants insure landlord as well - Whether protection extends to landlord’s employees working within scope of employment.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

October 10, 2000

Supreme Court of Canada                  

Application for leave to appeal filed

28188                    THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ‐ v. ‐ ROBERT LAVIGNE (FC) (Civil)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Bastarache JJ.

The applications for leave to appeal and for leave to cross-appeal are granted.

Les demandes d’autorisation d’appel et d’appel-incident sont accordées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative law - Judicial review - Disclosure of personal information - Complaints being investigated by the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages - Interviews being conducted by the Office - Respondent seeking access to the integral interview notes - Access being refused to some of the notes by the Office - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in finding that, in effect, the access provisions of the Privacy Act override the confidentiality provisions of the Official Languages Act - Whether the decision of the Court of Appeal seriously compromises the Commissioner’s ability to enforce the Official Languages Act.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28033                    TAWICH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ‐ v. ‐ DEPUTY MINISTER OF REVENUE OF QUEBEC (Que.) (Civil)

CORAM:               The Chief Justice, Iacobucci and Bastarache JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted with costs in any event of the cause.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée avec dépens quelle que soit l’issue du pourvoi.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Native law - Taxation - Interpretation - Section 985 of the Taxation Act, R.S.Q., c. I-3 - Whether the Cree Nation of Wemindji is a “Canadian municipality” under s. 985 of the Taxation Act - Whether the Applicant is exempt from capital tax under ss. 985 and 1143 of the Taxation Act?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28092                    RODERICK MACDONELL ‐ c. ‐ PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL DU QUÉBEC ET ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE  (Qué.) (Civile)

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

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit constitutionnel – Protection du processus décisionnel des membres de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec – Accès à l’information – Législation – Loi sur l’accès aux documents des organismes publics et sur la protection des renseignements personnels, L.R.Q., c. a-2.1 – Interprétation des exceptions au principe général de l’accès aux documents des organismes publics – Qu’est-ce qu’un document préparé pour le compte d’un député? – La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en rejetant la demande en révision judiciaire d’une décision de la Commission d’accès à l’information?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

28369                    ROBERT MACKENZIE ‐ v. ‐ HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Ont.) (Criminal)

CORAM:               L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal law - Burden of Proof - Applicant convicted of attempting to obstruct justice - Whether trial judge created reverse onus - Whether trial judge required accused to contradict central allegation in order to raise reasonable doubt.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28121                    NATALY PERRON ‐ c. ‐ LE MINISTRE DU REVENU NATIONAL  (CF) (Civile)

CORAM:               Les juges L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour et LeBel.

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed without costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure  -  Contrôle judiciaire  -  Prescription  -  Interprétation  -  Législation et textes réglementaires  -   Assurance-emploi  -  La demanderesse a-t-elle été induite en erreur par les employés du Ministère du revenu national, de sorte qu’elle ait manqué le délai de prescription pour faire appel d’une décision du ministre quant l’assurabilité de son emploi ?  -   Y a-t-il une ambiguïté entre les Règles  de la Cour canadienne de l’impôt et la Loi   sur l’assurance-emploi  ?  -   Loi sur l’assurance-emploi , L.C. (1996) ch. 23, par. 103(1)   -  Règles de la Cour canadienne de l’impôt (Assurance-emploi), DORS/90-690 et modif., par. 26.1(1).

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

27900                    CLARENCE PARADIS ‐ c. ‐ LES HONORABLES JUGES;  PAUL‐ARTHUR GENDREAU, MORRIS J. FISH, RENÉ LETARTE (AD HOC)., LA COMMISSION DES LÉSIONS PROFESSIONNELLES ET KRAFT CANADA INC.  (Qué.) (Civile)

CORAM:               Les juges L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour et LeBel.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit du travail – Accident de travail – Date de la consolidation de la lésion professionnelle – Révision judiciaire d’une décision de la Commission d’appel en matière de lésions professionnelles – Disposition privative – Loi sur les accidents de travail et les maladies professionnelles, L.R.Q., c. A-3.001, art. 429.59 – La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en rejetant l’appel du demandeur?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

28077                    WILFRIED KOCH ‐ c. ‐ HYDRO QUÉBEC ‐ et entre ‐ WILFRIED KOCH ‐ c. ‐ HYDRO QUÉBEC, CORPORATION DU VILLAGE DE RAWDON ET LE CLUB JURIDIQUE ‐ et entre ‐ WILFRIED KOCH ‐ c. ‐ HYDRO QUÉBEC ET L’OFFICIER DU BUREAU DE LA PUBLICITÉ DES DROITS DE LA CIRCONSCRIPTION FONCIÈRE DE MONTCALM (Qué.) (Civile)

CORAM:               Les juges L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour et LeBel.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens dans cette Cour en faveur de l’intimée Hydro Québec.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs in this Court to the respondent Hydro Québec.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit des biens  -  Bail  -  Privilège et droit de premier refus sur un terrain  -  Recours en jugement déclaratoire   -  Recours en injonctions mandatoire et permanente  -   Res judicata  -  Non-conformité aux normes prescrites pour la publication de droits fonciers  -  Intérêt du public à ce qu’un terrain ne soit pas loué à un particulier  -  Y a-t-il lieu de déclarer à nouveau le privilège de location et le droit de premier acheteur consentis au demandeur par l’entente du 21 mai 1974 ? - Doit-on forcer l’inscription de ces droits au registre foncier ? -  Doit-on forcer Hydro-Québec à louer son terrain au demandeur ?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

28082                    158514 CANADA INC. (PLACE DU SAGUENAY) AND BURNAC LEASEHOLDS, A DIVISION OF BURNAC CORPORATION ‐ v. ‐ STÉPHANE LACHANCE & ASSOCIÉS INC., IN ITS QUALITY AS TRUSTY IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF GROUPE BOUTIQUE CHÉRIE INC., SAM LÉVY & ASSOCIÉS INC., IN ITS QUALITY AS TRUSTEE TO BANKRUPCY OF ARTHUR BLUMER AND DAVID BLUMER (Que.) (Civil)

CORAM:               L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs to the respondent Sam Lévy & Associés Inc., in its quality as trustee to bankrupcy of Arthur Blumer and David Blumer.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens en faveur de l’intimée Sam Lévy & Associés Inc., ès qualités de syndic à la faillite de Arthur Blumer et David Blumer.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Commercial Law - Bankruptcy - Procedural Law - Appeal - Delay for appeal - Whether the delay set forth in section 183(2)  of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act  and in section 31(1) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency General Rules is peremptory? - Whether article 523 of the Code of Civil Procedure has any application with respect to the delay to appeal from a judgment rendered in a bankruptcy matter? - What are the applicable principles and procedures for obtaining leave to appeal beyond the delays?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28126                    LYNDON AND FRAN BLACKLAWS, JOHN MICHAEL AND HEATHER A. SMITH ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF A CLASS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST 470433 ALBERTA LTD. CARRYING ON BUSINESS AS GHOSTPINE LAKE GOLF & COUNTRY RESORT AND SAM MORROW ‐ v. ‐ SAM MORROW (Alta.) (Civil)

CORAM:               L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Torts - Negligence - Pure economic loss - Respondent sole owner and director of company owning company that contracted with Applicants for timeshare resort - Whether Respondent personally owed a duty of care to the Time Share Owners - Whether previously recognized categories of economics loss not applicable - Whether recovery for pure economic loss should be extended - Whether policy considerations might negate the scope of the duty owed, the class of persons to whom it was owed, or the damages to which a breach of the duty may give rise.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28280                    MAURICE BOUCHER ‐ c. ‐ SA MAJESTÉ LA REINE (Qué.) (Criminelle)

CORAM:               Les juges L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour et LeBel.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit criminel - Preuve - Témoin délateur - Mise en garde de type Vetrovec - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en renversant l’exercice du pouvoir discrétionnaire du juge du procès sans même référer aux faits de la cause, mais seulement à la plaidoirie de la Couronne - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en considérant comme potentiellement corroboratives des circonstances factuelles qui soit n’étaient pas indépendantes du témoignage de Gagné, soit n’avaient aucune relation avec la question en litige - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit en appliquant à tort l’article 686(4) b)(i) du Code criminel , L.R.C. 1985, ch. C-46  - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit dans sa compréhension et dans son application de l’arrêt R. c. Vetrovec, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 811?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

28124                    FRATERNITÉ DES PRÉPOSÉS À L'ENTRETIEN DES VOIES ‐ c. ‐ CANADIEN PACIFIQUE LIMITÉE  (Qué.) (Civile)

CORAM:               Les juges L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour et LeBel.

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

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Droit administratif - Révision judiciaire - Preuve extrinsèque - Convention collective - Est-ce qu’un décideur unique dans un système d’arbitrage créé pour une industrie donnée peut rendre des décisions contradictoires sans que cela ne puisse justifier l’intervention des tribunaux supérieurs, et ce, en application de l’arrêt de cette Cour dans l’affaire Domtar c. Québec (CALP)? Est-ce qu’un arbitre peut recourir à une preuve extrinsèque afin de contredire des dispositions claires d’une convention collective sans que cela ne puisse justifier l’intervention des tribunaux supérieurs? Est-ce qu’une preuve extrinsèque qui ne traduit aucunement l’intention des parties à une convention peut servir à en contredire les dispositions?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

28205                    JONES POWER CO. LIMITED AND J.A. JONES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ‐ v. ‐ MITSUI & CO. (POINT ACONI) LTD. (N.S.) (Civil)

CORAM:               L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.

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

NATURE OF THE CASE

Procedural Law - Appeal - New trial - What is the correct legal test to be applied by an appellate court in the determination whether to order a new trial after finding error in the court below - Whether it is appropriate for an appellate court to make a determination of a material issue in an appeal on the basis of evidence not available to one of the parties, and in the absence of submissions on the effect of such evidence from one of the parties

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28162                    JOHANNE BLACKBURN ‐ c. ‐ SYLVAIN BOIVIN  (Qué.) (Civile)

CORAM:               Les juges L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour et LeBel.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure  -  Appel  -  Responsabilité civile  -  Délit intentionnel  -  Requête en rejet d’appel dilatoire ou abusif  -  La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en accueillant la requête en rejet d’appel et en concluant que cet appel n’avait aucune chance de succès et était voué à l’échec ?  -  La Cour d’appel a-t-elle erré en droit sur le fardeau imposé à l’appelante lors d’une requête en rejet d’appel ?  -  Le juge de première instance a-t-il erré dans son appréciation des faits et de la crédibilité des témoins?  -  Code de procédure civile du Québec, L.R.Q., c. C-25, par. 501(5).

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

28152                    605715 SASKATCHEWAN LTD., CARRYING ON BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME "SHOWGIRLS" AND SALLY DUBE ‐ v. ‐ THE SASKATCHEWAN LIQUOR AND GAMING LICENSING COMMISSION, THE SASKATCHEWAN LIQUOR AND GAMING AUTHORITY AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR SASKATCHEWAN (Sask.) (Civil)

CORAM:               L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs to the respondent the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens en faveur de l’intimée Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , ss. 1  and 2(b)  - Civil - Constitutional law - Administrative law - Freedom of expression - Liquor control licences - Striptease performance - Prohibited entertainment pursuant to s. 54(1)(b) of The Alcohol Control Regulations, 1994 - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in its Charter  analysis - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in making a distinction between expression for commercial purposes and other expressions - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in permitting Government an ability to place “time, manner and place” restrictions on expression without having to justify those restrictions under s. 1  of the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28070                    HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS INC. ‐ v. ‐ SPAR AEROSPACE LIMITED ‐ and between ‐ WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION ‐ v. ‐ SPAR AEROSPACE LIMITED ‐ and between ‐ MOTIENT CORPORATION ‐ v. ‐ SPAR AEROSPACE LIMITED ‐ and between ‐ SATELLITE TRANSMISSIONS SYSTEMS INC. ‐ v. ‐ SPAR AEROSPACE LIMITED (Que.) (Civil)

CORAM:               L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour and LeBel JJ.

The applications for leave to appeal are granted.

Les demandes d’autorisation d’appel sont accordées.

NATURE OF THE CASE

International law - Conflict of laws - Articles 3135 and 3148 of the Civil Code of Québec - Jurisdiction of Quebec courts - Forum non conveniens - Whether the Quebec courts have jurisdiction over the action instituted by the Respondent against the Applicants - Whether loss of reputation constitutes an “injurious act” under art. 3148 C.C.Q. - Whether an injurious act occurred in Quebec - Whether the Respondent suffered damage in Quebec - Whether there is a real and substantial connection between the subject matter of the Respondent’s action and Quebec - Whether jurisdiction should be declined on the basis of the doctrine of forum non conveniens?

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28011                    GÉRALD LAROSE ET CONFÉDÉRATION DES SYNDICATS NATIONAUX ‐ c. ‐ RÉJEAN FLEURY  (Qué.) (Civile)

CORAM:               Les juges L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour et LeBel.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

NATURE DE LA CAUSE

Procédure - Procédure civile - Jugements et ordonnances - Chose jugée -  La Cour d’appel du Québec a-t-elle erré en considérant qu’un jugement rejetant une action pour défaut de fournir les précisions ordonnées par la Cour supérieure ne constituait pas un jugement sur le fond?

HISTORIQUE PROCÉDURAL

28385                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN ‐ v. ‐ JEFFREY FINK (Ont.) (Criminal)

CORAM:               L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Unreasonable search and seizure - Solicitor and client privilege - Section 488.1  of Criminal Code  providing procedure for securing privilege in documents seized from law office - Documents seized from law office - Whether s. 488.1 unconstitutional in that it allows or permits an unreasonable search and seizure contrary to s. 8  of the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28384                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN ‐ v. ‐ TERRY CLAUS AND BAY‐WALSH LTD. (Ont.) (Criminal)

CORAM:               L'Heureux‐Dubé, Arbour and LeBel JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  - Criminal law - Unreasonable search and seizure - Solicitor and client privilege - Section 488.1  of Criminal Code  providing procedure for securing privilege in documents seized from law office - Documents seized from law office - Whether s. 488.1 unconstitutional in that it allows or permits an unreasonable search and seizure contrary to s. 8  of the Charter .

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28265                    ABDUL MOMEN SHAHNAWAZ ‐ v. ‐ HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Ont.) (Criminal)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Criminal Law - Sentencing - Narcotics - Applicant convicted of four counts of trafficking in heroin - Applicant having suffered years of torture and political imprisonment in Afghanistan - Trial judge ordering conditional sentence in light of Applicant’s psychological condition - Whether a trial judge may depart from the customary range of sentence imposed for a particular offence in order to avoid a sentence that would significantly impair the psychological integrity of the individual and result in cruel and unusual punishment

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

28114                    RANJIT PERERA ‐ v. ‐ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA (FC) (Civil)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Administrative Law - Judicial Review - Statutes - Interpretation - Applicant screened out of job competition - Provision allows unsuccessful candidates to appeal appointments but appeal right can be barred in certain circumstances - Whether the Federal Court of Appeal erred  in their conclusion that the Appeal Board, established pursuant to section 21 of the Public Service Employment Act,  had no jurisdiction to determine if section 27 of the Public Service Employment Regulations infringed section 15  of the Charter ? Public Service Employment Act , R.S.C. 1985, c. P-33, s. 21 ; Public Service Employment Regulations, Canada Gazette Part II, Vol. 127, No. 12, p. 2653, s. 27.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

October 4, 1996                                                             

Appeal Board

(Mooney, John A.)                                             

Board has authority to determine constitutional question.

28227                    BELL EXPRESSVU LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ‐ v. ‐ RICHARD REX, RICHARD REX, C.O.B. AS 'CAN‐AM SATELLITES', RICHARD REX C.O.B. AS 'CAN AM SATELLITES' AND C.O.B. AS 'CANAM SATELLITES' AND C.O.B. AS 'CAN AM SATELLITE' AND C.O.B. AS 'CAN AM SAT' AND C.O.B. AS 'CAN‐AM SATELLITES DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP' AND, C.O.B. AS 'CAN‐AM DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP' AND C.O.B. AS 'DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP, ANNE MARIE HALLEY A.K.A. ANNE MARIE REX, MICHAEL REX A.K.A. MIKE REX, RODNEY KIBLER A.K.A. ROD KIBLER, LEE‐ANNE PATTERSON, JAY RAYMOND, JASON ANTHONY, JOHN DOE 1 TO 20,, JANE DOE 1 TO 20 AND ANY OTHER PERSON OR PERSONS FOUND ON THE PREMISES OR IDENTIFIED AS WORKING AT THE PREMISES AT 22409 MCINTOSH AVENUE, MAPLE RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WHO OPERATE OR WORK FOR BUSINESSES CARRYING ON BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF, 'CAN‐AM SATELLITES', 'CAN AM SATELLITES', 'CANAM SATELLITES', 'CAN AM SATELLITE', 'CAN AM SAT', 'CAN‐AM SATELLITES DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP', 'CAN‐AM DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP', 'DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP', OR ONE OR MORE OF THEM, MICHELLE LEE (B.C.) (Civil)

CORAM:               Gonthier, Major and Binnie JJ.

The application for leave to appeal is granted with costs to the applicant in any event of the cause.

La demande d’autorisation d’appel est accordée avec dépens en faveur de la demanderesse quelle que soit l’issue du pourvoi.

NATURE OF THE CASE

Statutes - Interpretation - Broadcasting -  Direct to home (DTH) satellite broadcasting - Canadian customers being provided with a U.S. address, and with other services, so that the customer can subscribe to and pay for programming which originates from the U.S. DTH broadcasters - Radiocommunication Act providing that prohibiting decoding of encrypted subscription programming signal without authorization from the lawful distributor of the signal - Authorized Canadian DTH broadcasters seeking injunction.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

27854                    A.H. ‐ c. ‐ INSTITUT PHILIPPE PINEL, DR. PAUL‐ANDRÉ LAFLEUR, DR. LUCIE LEGAULT, DR. FRÉDERIC MILLAUD, DR. JACQUES VOYER ET DR. BENOIT DASSYLVA - et - HÔTEL-DIEU DE SOREL ET DR. YVES DION  (Qué.) (Civile)

CORAM:               Les juges L'Heureux‐Dubé, Bastarache et LeBel.

La requête en sursis d’exécution et la demande de réexamen de la demande d’autorisation d’appel sont rejetées avec dépens en faveur des intimés.

The motion for a stay of execution and the motion for reconsideration of the application for leave to appeal are dismissed with costs to the respondents.

APRIL 20, 2001 / LE 20 AVRIL 2001

28007                    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - v. - PATRICK KELLY (Ont.)(Crim.)

2001 SCC 25 / 2001 CSC 25

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

The motion is granted and the application for leave to appeal is quashed, Arbour J. dissenting.

La requête est accordée et la demande d’autorisation d’appel est annulée.  Le juge Arbour est dissidente.

10.4.2001

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file a revised reply

Angelina Codina

v. (28434)

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

Requête en prorogation du délai de signification et de dépôt d’une réplique révisée

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to April 6, 2001.

10.4.2001

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

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

Lenore Rideout

v. (27675)

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

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

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to February 20, 2001.

10.4.2001

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

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

Wray Budreo

v. (28230)

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

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer la réponse de l’intimée

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to March 9, 2001.

10.4.2001

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

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

James Thomas Eakin

v. (28288)

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

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer la réponse de l’intimée

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to March 27, 2001.

10.4.2001

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the record and factum of the respondents the Solicitor General of Canada and the Attorney General of Canada

Richard Sauvé, et al.

v. (27677)

Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, et al (F.C.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer les dossier et mémoire des intimés le Solliciteur général du Canada et le procureur général du Canada

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to June 28, 2001.

10.4.2001

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Motion to substitute parties

Thérèse Prévost-Masson, en sa qualité de représentant légal de feu Henri Masson

c. (27623)

Alban Perras (Qué.)

Requête en substitution de parties

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    La requête de l’intimé pour obtenir une ordonnance accordant la substitution de l’intimé Alban Perras par le Trust Général du Canada, ès qualités de représentant légal de Feu Joseph Avila Perras est accordée.

10.4.2001

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the response of the respondent the Attorney General of Canada

The Chippewas of Sarnia Band

v. (28365)

Attorney General of Canada, et al. (Ont.)

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer la réponse de l’intimé le procureur général du Canada

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to May 30, 2001.

10.4.2001

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

Motion to extend the time in which to serve and file the appellant’s reply factum of 23 pages

Peter William Fliss

v. (27998)

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

Requête en prorogation du délai imparti pour signifier et déposer le mémoire en réplique de 23 pages de l’appelant

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to April 11, 2001.

11.4.2001

Before / Devant:  BASTARACHE J.

Further order on motion for leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                Attorney General of Canada

Attorney General of Ontario

IN/DANS:              Her Majesty the Queen

v. (27788)

Jacques Cinous (Crim.)(Que.)

Autre ordonnance sur une requête en autorisation d'intervention

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the Attorney General of Canada and the Attorney General of Ontario for leave to intervene in the above appeal and pursuant to the order of February 6, 2001 thereon;

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT the said interveners are granted permission to present oral argument at the hearing of the appeal not to exceed the time allowed respectively to each of them as follows:

-               Attorney General of Canada                                                              15 minutes

-               Attorney General of Ontario                                                              15 minutes

12.4.2001

Before / Devant:  THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR

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

Ivon Shearing

v. (27782)

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

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

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    Time extended to May 15, 2001.

12.4.2001

Before / Devant:  ARBOUR J.

Miscellaneous motion

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta

v. (28261)

Devon Gary Ell, et al. (Alta.)

Autre requête

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE    The motion on behalf of the applicant for leave to file a response to the sur-reply not exceeding 3 pages in length is granted.

17.4.2001

Before / Devant:  L’HEUREUX-DUBÉ J.

Motion for leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                British Columbia Civil Liberties Association

IN/DANS:              The Vancouver Sun

v. (28190)

Her Majesty the Queen, et al. (Crim.)(B.C.)

Requête en autorisation d'intervention

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association for leave to intervene in the above appeal;

AND HAVING READ the material filed ;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The motion for leave to intervene of the applicant British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is granted and the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages in length.

The request to present oral argument is deferred to a date following receipt and consideration of the written arguments of the parties and the interveners.

The intervener shall not be entitled to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties.

Pursuant to Rule 18(6) the intervener shall pay to the appellant and respondents any additional disbursements occasioned to the appellant and respondents by the intervention.

17.4.2001

Before / Devant:  L’HEUREUX-DUBÉ J.

Motion for extension of time and leave to intervene

BY/PAR:                Canadian Newspaper Association

IN/DANS:              The Vancouver Sun

v. (28190)

Her Majesty the Queen, et al. (Crim.)(B.C.)

and

Requête visant à obtenir une prorogation de délai et l’autorisation d'intervenir

Her Majesty the Queen

v. (27738)

Clayton George Mentuck

(Crim.)(Man.)

GRANTED / ACCORDÉE

UPON APPLICATION by the Canadian Newspaper Association for an extension of time and for leave to intervene in the above appeals;

AND HAVING READ the material filed ;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The motion for an extension of time and for leave to intervene of the applicant Canadian Newspaper Association is granted and the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages in length.

The request to present oral argument is deferred to a rota judge following receipt and consideration of the written arguments of the parties and the interveners.

The intervener shall not be entitled to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties.

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

18.4.2001

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

Frédéric St-Jean

c. (27515)

Denis Mercier (Qué.)(Civile)(Autorisation)

Frédéric St-Jean et Benoît Mailloux pour l’appelant.

Gérald R. Tremblay, c.r., Louis Terriault et David E. Platts pour l’intimé.

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

Nature of the case:

Civil liability - Damages - Physicians and surgeons - Professional liability - Whether Court of Appeal imposed a burden of proving causation on Appellant that was impossible to meet and whether Court made corresponding burden of disproving causation less onerous - Whether Appellant entitled to recover pecuniary damages.

Nature de la cause:

Responsabilité civile - Dommages-intérêts - Médecins et chirurgiens - Responsabilité professionnelle - La Cour d’appel a-t-elle imposé à l’appelant un fardeau de preuve impossible à rencontrer quant au lien de causalité et a-t-elle allégé le fardeau de preuve contraire pour réfuter ce lien de causalité? - L’appelant a-t-il droit à l’indemnisation de ses dommages pécuniaires?

18.4.2001

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

Her Majesty the Queen

v. (27788)

Jacques Cinous (Que.)(Crim.)(By Leave)

Lori Renée Weitzman and Manon Ouimet for the appellant.

Bernard Laprade and François Lacasse for the intervener Attorney General of Canada.

Michael Bernstein for the intervener Attorney General for Ontario.

Christian Gauthier and Louis Gélinas for the respondent.

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

Nature of the case:

Criminal law - Trial - Instructions to the jury - Self-defence - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in deciding that the principles established in R. v. Lavallée [1990] 1 S.C.R. 852, apply in circumstances where a person intentionally kills another in the absence of an assault, and in the presence of a clear opportunity to flee, thus allowing the claim of self-defence in section 34(2) to excuse a pre-emptive strike - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in the test to be applied in determining whether there was an air of reality sufficient to ground the defence of self-defence.

Nature de la cause:

Droit criminel - Procès - Directives au jury - Légitime défense - La Cour d’appel a‐t‐elle erré en concluant que les principes dégagés dans l’arrêt R. c. Lavallée, [1990] 1 R.C.S. 852, s’appliquent lorsqu’une personne en tue volontairement une autre malgré l’absence d’agression et la présence d’une possibilité manifeste de s’enfuir, de sorte qu’elle puisse assimiler l’attaque anticipée à la légitime défense prévue au paragraphe 34(2)? - La Cour d’appel a‐t‐elle erré quant au critère applicable pour déterminer si une apparence de vraisemblance justifiait l’allégation de légitime défense?

19.4.2001

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

Giacinto Arcuri

v. (27797)

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

Joseph L. Bloomenfeld for the appellant.

Feroza Bhabha for the respondent.

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

Nature of the case:

Criminal law - Pre-trial procedure - Preliminary inquiry - Test for committal - Correct test to be applied under s. 548(1)  of the Criminal Code  when determining the sufficiency of the evidence for the purpose of committal of an accused to trial.

Nature de la cause:

Droit criminel - Mesures préparatoires au procès - Enquête préliminaire - Critère applicable à la citation à procès - Critère approprié devant être appliqué suivant le par. 548(1)  du Code criminel  afin de déterminer si la preuve est suffisante pour que l’accusé subisse son procès.

19.4.2001

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

Donald Russell

v. (27732)

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

P. Andras Schreck and Mara B. Greene for the appellant.

David Finley for the respondent.

RESERVED / EN DÉLIBÉRÉ

Nature of the case:

Criminal Law - Pre-Trial Procedure - Preliminary hearing - Committal for Trial - Murder - First degree - Certiorari- Review of committal - Natural Justice - Jurisdiction of committing judge - Jurisdiction of reviewing judge - Whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that any error committed by the preliminary inquiry Justice in his interpretation of s. 231(5)  of the Criminal Code  was not jurisdictional in nature - Whether s. 231(5) of the Criminal Code  applies.

Nature de la cause:

Droit criminel - Mesures préparatoires au procès - Enquête préliminaire - Citation à procès - Meurtre ‐ Premier degré - Certiorari - Révision de la citation à procès - Justice naturelle - Compétence du juge présidant l'enquête préliminaire - Compétence du juge saisi de la demande de révision ‐ La Cour d'appel a-t-elle eu tort de conclure que toute erreur d'interprétation du par. 231(5)  du Code criminel  commise par le juge présidant l'enquête préliminaire ne constituait pas en soi une erreur de compétence? ‐ Le par. 231(5) du Code criminel  s'applique-t-il?