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1,076.
Bulletin of May 14, 2004 - 2004-05-14
BulletinsWilliam E. McNally McNally, Cuming, Raymaker v. (30276) Ace Ina Insurance Company, et al. [...] A. William Moreira, Q.C. Stewart, McKelvey Stirling Scales FILING DATE: 26.4.2004 [...] William Holder and Lesli Bisgould for the Interveners Canadian Association for Community Living et al.
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1,077.
Agenda / Calendrier - 2003-02-03
News Releases2003/02/20 Robert William Feeley v. Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.) (Criminal) (As of Right) (29271) [...] Counsel: William Gilmour for the Appellant Karen Shai for the Respondent [...] Avocats : William Gilmour pour l’appelant Karen Shai pour l’intimée 29118 Allan Harriott v. Her Majesty The Queen
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Bulletin of February 26, 1999 - 1999-02-26
BulletinsRobert William Latimer Edward L. Greenspan, Q.C. Greenspan, Henein and White [...] William S. Berardino, Q.C. Russell & DuMoulin v. (27108) Jaswant Singh Mangat et al. [...] David William Lord David William Lord v. (27131) Her Majesty the Queen in the right of Canada (B.C.)
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Allard Contractors Ltd. v. Coquitlam (District) - [1993] 4 SCR 371 - 1993-11-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Municipal law
William S. Berardino, Q.C., Charles F. Willms and Helen H. Low, for the appellants. [...] Paul T. McGivern, James M. Lepp and Loreen M. Williams, for the respondent the Corporation of the District of Coquitlam. [...] Thornhill and William Kirkpatrick (for whom the appellant Kirkpatrick was later substituted by order) each challenged Maple Ridge By-law No. 3957-1988.
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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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Singer and Belzberg v. J.H. Ashdown Hardware Co. Ltd. - [1953] 1 SCR 252 - 1953-03-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
In Parr v. Snell 7, Scrutton L.J. referred to what he has said in Moore v. Flanagan 8, where he adopted as correct what Vaughan Williams J. had stated in Hammond v. Schofield, at p. 457:— [...] On January 6, 1950, the respondent discontinued the said action as against the present appellants and on that date commenced the present action against the appellants and one William Kluner, the Statement of Claim alleging that during the years 1948 and 1949 the defendants had been partners with Barker in the business known [...] That order was confirmed on appeal by Pollock, B. Thomas appealed to the Divisional Court consisting of Wills and Vaughan Williams, JJ. and the appeal was allowed.
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SCR | RCS [1956] - 1956-11-14
Canada Supreme Court ReportsParagraph 9: William Zawick agrees to pay to the respondent 119/332 of all costs of repairing the block. [...] (Ex parte Wingfield above referred to: In Re Ford 8 INNOTT (1) : Williams on Bankruptcy, 16th Ed. 316) . [...] This statement was acted upon by Sir William Ritchie C.J. and Strong J. in Downie v. The Queen .(2).
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R. v. Clifford - 2017 SCC 9 - [2017] 1 SCR 164 - 2017-02-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsWilliam Scott Clifford Appellant and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent [...] William Scott Clifford Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent
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Judgments to be Rendered in Leave Applications - 2022-11-28
News Releases2. William Kenneth Turner v. His Majesty the King (Alta.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (40323) [...] William Kenneth Turner v. His Majesty the King (Alta.) (Criminal) (By Leave) [...] William Kenneth Turner c. Sa Majesté le Roi (Alb.) (Criminelle) (Sur autorisation)
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Judgments to be Rendered in Leave Applications - 2013-10-28
News Releases3. William Wade Skiffington v. Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (35455) [...] William Wade Skiffington v. Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.) (Criminal) (By Leave) [...] William Wade Skiffington c. Sa Majesté la Reine (C.‑B.) (Criminelle) (Sur autorisation)
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Hudson v. Benallack - [1976] 2 SCR 168 - 1975-10-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsBankruptcy and insolvency
The year after the decision in In re Webb Sir William Mulock C.J. Ex., in Burns v. Royal Bank of Canada[13], reached the opposite conclusion, holding that to constitute a fraudulent preference there must be present two circumstances: a preference in fact and an intention on the part of the debtor to prefer. [...] But a proviso in these words was not carried forward into the later English Bankruptcy Act of 1883 and such a proviso has never formed part of the Canadian Bankruptcy Act. According to Williams on Bankruptcy, 18th ed., p. 382: “...the introduction of the concluding words in the 1883 Act restored the common law rule, with [...] And though there may not have been any express decision on the point upon this legislation in this Court the late Chief Justice, Sir William Ritchie, in Gibbons v. McDonald, at page 589 indicates that in his view there must be
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Moran v. Pyle National (Canada) Ltd. - [1975] 1 SCR 393 - 1973-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Brenda Elaine Moran in her own right as widow of the late William Franklin Moran, deceased, and Robert William Moran and Todd Michael Moran by their next friend Brenda Elaine Moran (Plaintiffs) Appellants; [...] According to the statement of claim, the averments of which I accept as true solely for the purpose of testing jurisdiction, William Franklin Moran, an electrician employed by International Minerals and Chemical Corporation (Canada) Ltd. was fatally injured at or near the Town of Esterhazy in the Province of Saskatchewan
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Draper v. Jacklyn et al. - [1970] SCR 92 - 1969-10-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
Torts
In Gray v. LaFleche[3], Williams C.J.K.B., said at p. 349, when considering whether the plaintiff’s injured member should be exhibited to the jury when in a jury trial: [...] My brother Spence has made reference to the judgment of Williams C.J.K.B., in Gray v. La‑Fleche[14], and to the cases there cited. [...] In that case Chief Justice Williams held that where a plaintiff in a malpractice suit is claiming damages for bodily injuries, he is not entitled to show to the jury injured parts of the body which are not normally exposed, provided however that in the discretion of the trial judge such parts of the body may be exhibited in
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Ruch et al. v. Colonial Coach Lines Limited - [1969] SCR 106 - 1968-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Ida Ruch and William Ruch (Plaintiffs) Appellants; and Colonial Coach Lines Limited (Defendant) Respondent. [...] By such judgment of the County Court, the plaintiff William Ruch recovered from the defendant the sum of $6,093.85 and the plaintiff Ida Ruch recovered from the defendant the sum of $15,000. [...] The plaintiffs claim from the Defendant damages representing personal injuries sustained by the Plaintiff, Ida Ruch, and out-of-pocket expenses sustained by the Plaintiff, William Ruch.
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Francis v. The Queen - [1956] SCR 618 - 1956-06-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
A peace treaty in its primary and legitimate meaning is a treaty concluding a war, "an agreement"—in the words of Sir William Scott in the Eliza Ann and others 7—"to waive all discussion concerning the respective rights to the parties and to bury in oblivion all the original causes of the war." [...] Continuing the administration inaugurated by Sir William Johnson in 1744 and extended to Quebec in 1763, (Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. IV, p. 695 et seq.) ordinances for the welfare of the Indians and the protection of their lands were passed in Lower Canada as early as 1777 and a partial consolidation was [...] In Upper Canada, 5 William IV, c. 9 and 2 Vict., c. 15 provided similar safeguards.
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Paterson Steamships Ltd. v. Ship New York News - [1942] SCR 19 - 1941-10-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
owned by Paterson Steamships Limited, collided in Lake Superior, during a dense fog, the visibility being limited to between two and three hundred feet, while proceeding in opposite directions on or about the courses usually followed by ships bound from Port Arthur or Fort William down the Great Lakes, or vice versa. [...] tons of the canal type, having a length of 256 feet over all, which was on a voyage from Port Arthur to Montreal laden with grain; and the Fort Willdoc, a single screw steamship of 4,542 gross tons, having a keel length of 416 feet, which was proceeding light in the opposite direction from Port Col-borne to Fort William. [...] As the learned President of the Exchequer Court of Canada says, both ships were proceeding on or about the courses usually frequented by ships in Lake Superior, bound from Port Arthur or Fort William to eastern Canadian ports on the Great Lakes, and vice versa.
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Sievert v. Brookfield - (1905) 35 SCR 494 - 1905-01-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsOn June 1st, 1882, one William M. Harrington was the owner of the building and premises, and on that date executed a mortgage thereof to one Brenton H. Collins. [...] William M. Harrington subsequently died and the title to the property became vested in one Emily A. Piers, a trustee under the will of the said William M. Harrington.
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Ross v. Hannan - (1891) 19 SCR 227 - 1891-06-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
The plaintiff, present appellant, by his declaration alleged that on the 9th of April 1886, he through William Fuller, sold the defendants 1642 boxes of cheese, then stored on Fuller's premises, at 101⁄2 cents a pound, cash on delivery; that defendant selected, examined and set apart the cheeses, ordered a large number to [...] Les seules questions qui lui ont été faites out rapport à l'agence de William Hannan avec qui Fuller a négocié cette vente. [...] La preuve de l'appelant consiste dans le témoignage de Fuller qui déclare que William Hannan, agissant pour l'intimé, convint d'acheter 1643 boites de fromage de l'intimé à raison de 101⁄2 cts la livre, le fromage devant être pes1⁄2 et le montant du prix établi avant la livraison.
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Confederation Life Ass. Of Canada v. O'Donnell - (1886) 13 SCR 218 - 1886-11-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
At the former trial of this action when Allison was examined as a witness, there was no admissible evidence of the payment of the premium beyond the presumption arising from the policy having been in the possession of William O'Donnel at the time of his death and for some time before. [...] It does not come within the principles upon which entries of deceased persons are considered evidence as being against interest, for although as between his father and William O'Donnell himself it was an admission against the interest of the latter, yet as regards the present defendants it was in his own interest and [...] and was the only cash book kept between the two of them, and of a statement made by the plaintiff in his evidence that although Allison after the decease of William A. O'Donnell, upon the occasion of being applied to by the plaintiff for payment of the policy, said that he thought the premium never had been paid, yet that
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Judgments to be Rendered on Leave Applications - 2023-10-10
News Releases15. Randy B. Williams v. ATB Financial (Alta.) (Civil) (By Leave) (40757) [...] 15. Randy B. Williams c. ATB Financial (Alb.) (Civile) (Autorisation) (40757)
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John Pastuovic v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario, et al. - 2019-02-21
Applications for Leave - DismissedAnthony F. Derubeis, Ben Fortino, Alanna Stephen, Jaime Corneil, Sandra Jean Wells, Anthony J. Disilvestro, David Rubenstein, Leigh Ann Sheather, Paul William Vandenbosch, Jelica Vlatkovic, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal, Home Trust Company, David Molson, Hatwood Welton a.k.a. Howard Welton, Suneet Arora, [...] Anthony F. Derubeis, Ben Fortino, Alanna Stephen, Jaime Corneil, Sandra Jean Wells, Anthony J. Disilvestro, David Rubenstein, Leigh Ann Sheather, Paul William Vandenbosch, Jelica Vlatkovic, Banque Royale du Canada, Banque de Montréal, Home Trust Company, David Molson, Hatwood Welton alias Howard Welton, Suneet
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1,097.
Judgments in Leave Applications - 2018-08-30
News ReleasesThe application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs to the respondents, Scott Cameron, Steven O’Brien, C. Emerson Brooks, Barry Carruthers, Ivar Mendez, William Stanish, Keith Costello, Peter Gorman and Eric Massicotte. [...] La demande d’autorisation d’appel est rejetée avec dépens en faveur des intimés, Scott Cameron, Steven O’Brien, C. Emerson Brooks, Barry Carruthers, Ivar Mendez, William Stanish, Keith Costello, Peter Gorman et Eric Massicotte.)
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Attorney General of Canada v. Ahousaht Indian Band and Ahousaht Nation, represented by Shawn Atleo on his own behalf and on behalf of the members of the Ahousaht Indian Band and the Ahousaht Nation, et al. - 2014-01-30
Applications for LeaveHoward on her own behalf and on behalf of the members of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht Indian Band and the Mowachaht/Muchalaht Nation, Tla-o-qui-aht Indian Band and Tla-o-qui-aht Nation, represented by Benedict Williams on his own behalf and on behalf of the members of the Tla-o-qui-aht Indian Band and the Tla-o-qui-aht Nation [...] Howard en son propre nom et au nom des membres de la bande indienne Mowachaht/Muchalaht et de la Nation Mowachaht/Muchalaht et Bande indienne Tla-o-qui-aht et Nation Tla-o-qui-aht, représentées par Benedict Williams en son propre nom et au nom des membres de la bande indienne Tla-o-qui-aht et de la Nation Tla-o-qui-aht
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White Burgess Langille Inman, carrying on business as WBLI Chartered Accountants, et al. v. Abbott and Haliburton Company Limited, et al. - 2013-11-21
Applications for LeaveSupplies Limited, 508686 N.B. INC. operating as T.N.T. Insulation and Building Supplies, Taylor Lumber and Building Supplies Limited, Two by Four Lumber Sales Ltd., Walbourne Enterprises Ltd., Western Bay Hardware Limited, White’s Construction Limited, D. J. Williams and Sons Limited and Woodland Building Supplies Limited [...] Supplies Limited, 508686 N.B. INC. operating as T.N.T. Insulation and Building Supplies, Taylor Lumber and Building Supplies Limited, Two by Four Lumber Sales Ltd., Walbourne Enterprises Ltd., Western Bay Hardware Limited, White’s Construction Limited, D. J. Williams and Sons Limited et Woodland Building Supplies Limited
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Anthony Gavrielides and Connie O'Byrne v. Duchin Law Firm et al. - 2006-11-23
Applications for Leaveor as far back as necessary for Indian Head, Fort Qu’Appelle, Melville and other related parties to this action, Motor Vehicle dealer registrations Dept. 1970 to present or as far back as necessary for Indian Head, Fort Qu’Appelle, Melville and other related parties to this action, Fred Wendel, Mike Megaw and John Williams [...] or as far back as necessary for Indian Head, Fort Qu’Appelle, Melville and other related parties to this action, Motor Vehicle dealer registrations Dept. 1970 to present or as far back as necessary for Indian Head, Fort Qu’Appelle, Melville and other related parties to this action, Fred Wendel, Mike Megaw et John Williams