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3,151.
Public Trustee v. Guaranty Trust - [1980] 2 SCR 931 - 1980-10-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
In this regard the following paragraph from Williams and Mortimer on Executors, Administrators and Probate, at p. 703 is self-explanatory: [...] The extent to which the doctrine that his debt was extinguished was carried is further illustrated by the cases collected in Williams on Executors, vol. ii, p. 1180, which shew that an executor, having assets sufficient and properly applicable to pay a debt due to him from his testator, could not sue the testator’s heir nor
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3,152.
Reibl v. Hughes - [1980] 2 SCR 880 - 1980-10-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Professional law
the examination for discovery of the defendant and, in support of the defendant’s case, the testimony of the defendant and of a neurosurgeon, Dr. William Lougheed, who were the only two witnesses called for the defendant; (5) the duty of disclosure and review of the findings below and (6) whether causation was established.
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3,153.
Covert et al. v. Minister of Finance of Nova Scotia - [1980] 2 SCR 774 - 1980-07-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
The question in that case was as to the liability of three daughters of the deceased, Thomas William Noad, for payment of succession duties.
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3,154.
Rabey v. R. - [1980] 2 SCR 513 - 1980-07-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Dr. Glanville Williams’ new book “Textbook of Criminal Law” (1978) is helpful in this discussion, in particular chapter 27. [...] At the conclusion of the discussion on Parnerkar, Williams makes the following comment, particularly apt in the present case: [...] Williams concludes that “On the whole, it would be much better if the courts kept to Lord Denning’s plain rule; the rule in Quick adds nothing to it”.
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3,155.
The Queen (Man.) v. Air Canada - [1980] 2 SCR 303 - 1980-07-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William Henkel, Q. C., for the intervener, the Attorney General of Alberta.
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3,156.
SCR | RCS [1980] vol 1 - 1980-06-19
Canada Supreme Court ReportsSolicitors for the Attorney General of Alberta: Ross Paisley and William Henkel, Edmonton. [...] Procureurs du procureur général de l'Alberta: Ross Paisley et William Henkel, Edmonton. [...] 1140 LUCKETT V. THE QUEEN [1980] 1 S.C.R. William Eric Luckett Appellant; William Eric Luckett Appelant; and et Her Majesty The Queen Respondent.
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3,157.
Greenwood Shopping Plaza Ltd. v. Beattie et al. - [1980] 2 SCR 228 - 1980-06-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Arthur Moreira, Q.C., Alexander S. Beveridge and A. Williams Moreira, for the plaintiff, appellant.
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3,158.
Pappajohn v. The Queen - [1980] 2 SCR 120 - 1980-05-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
(Glanville Williams, Criminal Law, The General Part, at p. 141). (Emphasis added.) [...] Glanville Williams notes [Page 149] (Criminal Law, The General Part, p. 173, para. 65): [...] be found in the scholarly writings: Glanville Williams (Criminal Law, The General Part, para. 70, at p. 201): "The idea that a mistake, to be a defence, must be reasonable, though lurking in some of the cases, is certainly not true as a general proposition"; Glanville Williams, Textbook of Criminal Law, at p. 100; Howard,
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3,159.
Jack Cewe Ltd. v. Jorgenson - [1980] 1 SCR 812 - 1980-04-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
Gary William Jorgenson (Plaintiff) Respondent. 1979: October 29; 1980: April 22.
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3,160.
Schreiber Brothers Ltd. v. Currie Products Ltd. et al. - [1980] 2 SCR 78 - 1980-03-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Annable v. Coventry (1912), 46 S.C.R. 573; Cities Service Oil Co. v. Rubel (1930), 66 O.L.R. 475; Métivier v. Cadorette, [1977] 1 S.C.R. 371; Powell v. Streatham Manor Nursing Home, [1935] A.C. 243; Prudential Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Forseth, [1960] S.C.R. 210; Hood v. Hood, [1972] S.R.C. 244; Canadian William A. Rogers Ltd. [...] If it were not for the reference by Weatherston J.A. to Canadian William A. Rogers Ltd. v. Lucerne Metal & Plastic Products Ltd.[7], it would be difficult to appreciate that this was an action under The Sale of Goods Act. As in the Rogers case, it was enough here that the plaintiff show that a defect existed when the
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3,161.
Irving Oil Ltd. et al. v. Provincial Secretary of New Brunswick - [1980] 1 SCR 787 - 1980-03-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
E. Neil McKelvey, Q.C., and William B. Goss, for the appellants. Richard C. Speight and David M. Norman, Q.C., for the respondent.
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3,162.
Luckett v. The Queen - [1980] 1 SCR 1140 - 1980-01-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William Eric Luckett Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent. [...] A.M. Stewart and William Smart, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered by [...] It is not in dispute that common assault is not included in the offence as charged in the count which reads: Indictment: William Eric Luckett stands charged:
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3,163.
Cooper v. R. - [1980] 1 SCR 1149 - 1979-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Indeed, Glanville Williams (Textbook of Criminal Law at p. 592) says that the phrase is no longer in medical use.
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3,164.
Re: Authority of Parliament in relation to the Upper House - [1980] 1 SCR 54 - 1979-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William Henkel, Q.C., for the Attorney General of Alberta. James A. Nesbitt, Q.C., for the Attorney General of Newfoundland. [...] Solicitors for the Attorney General of Alberta: Ross Paisley and William Henkel, Edmonton.
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3,165.
Solosky v. The Queen - [1980] 1 SCR 821 - 1979-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William (Billy) Solosky (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen (Defendant) Respondent. [...] 4. Pursuant to section 6 paragraph (b) [s. 7(b), as amended,] of Directive No. 219, John Dowsett, Director of Millhaven Institution has ordered that William (Billy) Solosky's mail be opened and read. [...] 5. William (Billy) Solosky's mail is being read because it is John Dowsett's opinion that William (Billy) Solosky's conduct, activities and attitude cause him to believe that attention should be paid to his incoming and outgoing correspondence.
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3,166.
Att. Gen. of Quebec v. Blaikie et al. - [1979] 2 SCR 1016 - 1979-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
David Wood and William Aaron, for the respondent Henri Wilfrid Laurier.
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3,167.
SCR | RCS [1979] vol 2 - 1979-12-13
Canada Supreme Court ReportsIn R. v. Williams 24, the accused had made two Dans R. v. Williams 24, l'accusé avait fait deux written statements, the first on June 7 and the déclarations écrites, la première le 7 juin et la second, confirming the first, on July 18. [...] The Crown then appealed to this Court. 547 Sa Majesté La Reine Appelante; et William James Prue Intimé. [...] David Wood and William Aaron, for the David Wood et William Aaron, pour l'intimé respondent Henri Wilfrid Laurier.
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3,168.
R. v. Riddle - [1980] 1 SCR 380 - 1979-10-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William James Riddle Respondent. 1979: February 28; 1979: October 2.
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3,169.
Cloutier v. The Queen - [1979] 2 SCR 709 - 1979-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
App. R. 184; Bussières v. Regem (1931), 53 Que. K.B. 16; R. v. Stewart, [1932] S.C.R. 612; Canada Sugar Refining Co. v. Reg., [1898] A.C. 735; Morin v. The Queen (1890), 18 S.C.R. 407; R. v. Ward (1972), 22 C.R.N.S. 153; R. v. Churton (1919), 31 C.C.C. 188; Henry Williams (1925), 19 Cr. App. R. 67; R. v. Page, [1965] Crim. [...] The accused, who is erroneously denied a peremptory challenge, is entitled to ask that the trial and the guilty verdict returned by an irregularly empanelled jury be annulled; it is not necessary for him to prove a prejudice; there is a "préjudice de droit"; as to this no doubt exists: R. v. Churton[10], Henry Williams [...] Proof of the motive for a crime is generally admitted as circumstantial evidence: in his Textbook of Criminal Law, Glanville Williams writes at p. 56:
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3,170.
Douglas Aircraft Co. of Canada v. McConnell - [1980] 1 SCR 245 - 1979-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
The fifth member of that committee, one William Hill, was the subject of another arbitration and I will refer to this later. [...] The first grievance, that of Mr. William Hill, was heard by another arbitrator who reduced the penalty of discharge imposed by the appellant employer to a suspension of four weeks together with an order for reinstatement.
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3,171.
McFall v. The Queen - [1980] 1 SCR 321 - 1979-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Professor Glanville Williams has commented on the practice of joint trials: [...] (Glanville Williams, Proof of Guilt, (3rd ed.) 1968, p. 249) The relaxation referred to is of course the admissibility in the joint trial of all statements of all accused.
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3,172.
Northern Telecom v. Communications Workers - [1980] 1 SCR 115 - 1979-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William S. Tyndale, Q.C., and Robert Monette, for the appellant. Aubrey E. Golden and Maurice Green, for the respondent, Communications Workers of Canada,
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3,173.
Volvo Canada Ltd. v. U.A.W., Local 720 - [1980] 1 SCR 178 - 1979-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
Error of law on the face of the award was accepted, with regret, as a ground of challenge but held to be established in Hodgkinson v. Fernie[20], at p. 202 C.B. (N.S.), at p. 717 E.R., per Williams J. This enlarged scope of review was accepted by this Court in John A. McRae & Co. v. Lemay[21], but in that case the
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3,174.
Duplisea v. T. Eaton Life Assurance Co. - [1980] 1 SCR 144 - 1979-06-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William Goss, for the respondent. [Page 146] The judgment of the Court was delivered by
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3,175.
Guy v. Trizec Equities Ltd. et al. - [1979] 2 SCR 756 - 1979-06-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Keith E. Eaton, Q.C., and A. William Moreira, for the appellant. David R. Chipman, Q.C., for the respondents.