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726.
Creighton v. Chittick - (1882) 7 SCR 348 - 1882-03-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsBankruptcy and insolvency
William H. Creighton, Assignee of Lewis P. Fairbanks, under the Insolvent Act of 1875 [...] Present:—Sir William J. Ritchie, C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry, Taschereau, and Gwynne, JJ. [...] The plaintiff also produced a deed of assignment, purporting to be made on the 31st day of May, 1876, under the insolvent act of 1875, between Lewis P. Fairbanks, described therein as trader of Dartmouth in the county of Halifax of the first part, and William H. Creighton, official assignee of the county of Halifax, of the
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727.
R. v. Cook - [1998] 2 SCR 597 - 1998-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Evidence
Williams, Sharon A., and A. L. C. de Mestral. An Introduction to International Law: Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada, 2nd ed. [...] He acknowledged that he had lied to the police when he told them that he met his friend, William Fennell, at another friend’s apartment on the evening of May 19, 1992. [...] As it is put by modern academics, it is sufficient that there be a “real and substantial link” between an offence and this country, a test well-known in public and private international law; see Williams and Castel, supra; Hall, supra.
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O'Brien v. The Queen - (1880) 4 SCR 529 - 1880-03-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William Desmond O'Brien Appellant And The Queen Respondent 1879: Feb'y. 4; 1880: March 13. [...] 2. For the erroneous admission as evidence for the defence of certain reports and written papers signed by one William Marshall, the same not having been duly verified nor the statements therein proved by evidence. [...] It is shown that a man named William Marshall, apparently a very competent person, was the officer in constant supervision and direction of the works.
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729.
McCraken v. McIntyre - (1877) 1 SCR 479 - 1877-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
Il transporta plus tard ces mêmes actions, avec quelques autres, à William Griffith, son frère, de qui l’Appelant McCraken en fit ensuite l’acquisition le 25 avril 1873. [...] Those shares, therefore, so alloted and paid for, were subsequently transferred to William Griffith, as fully paid-up shares, he purchasing them in good faith as such, and without notice that they were not so. [...] “The Respondent would then become a trustee of the shares for the Company as Williams had previously been.
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730.
R. v. Stone - [1999] 2 SCR 290 - 1999-05-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Criminal law
Williams, Glanville. Textbook of Criminal Law, 2nd ed. London: Stevens, 1983. [...] Rabey traced the doctrine to Quick, but as was also pointed out by Williams, supra, at p. 675: [...] In reaching that conclusion I have not forgotten the sceptical observation of Williams noted earlier, at pp. 673-74:
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731.
Vout v. Hay - [1995] 2 SCR 876 - 1995-06-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
William E. Baker, for the respondents. The judgment of the Court was delivered by [...] Solicitor for the respondents: William E. Baker, Campbellford, Ont.
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732.
R. v. Thomsen - [1988] 1 SCR 640 - 1988-04-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William D. Mackie, Q.C., and Peter DiMartino, for the appellant. M. A. MacDonald, for the respondent. [...] Solicitors for the appellant: William D. Mackie and Peter DiMartino, Brampton.
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733.
Clarkson v. The Queen - [1986] 1 SCR 383 - 1986-04-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
R. v. Therens, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 613; Korponay v. Attorney General of Canada, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 41, applied; McKenna v. The Queen, [1961] S.C.R. 660; R. v. Santinon (1973), 11 C.C.C. (2d) 121; Ward v. The Queen, [1979] 2 S.C.R. 30; Ibrahim v. The King, [1914] A.C. 599; R. v. Williams, [1959] N.Z.L.R. 502; R. v. Phillips, [1949] [...] Indeed, the identity of the concerns underlying the general Ibrahim rule with those underlying the rule for intoxicated confessions has been recognized in express terms by the Supreme Court of New Zealand in R. v. Williams, [1959] N.Z.L.R. 502.
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734.
Vardy v. Scott et al. - [1977] 1 SCR 293 - 1976-02-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Criminal law
Prerogative writs
I refer to the depositions taken from William Alexander MacPherson, Prospero Joseph DeSantis and Jack L. Goodson. [...] It appeared from the affidavit of one William Alexander MacPherson, filed in support of the motion, that MacPherson was questioned by a constable of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who wrote out his version of the interview which MacPherson signed.
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735.
Rilling v. The Queen - [1976] 2 SCR 183 - 1975-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
3. Evidence for the Crown was given by the arresting officer, Constable William Hargarten of the Edmonton City Police, who stated inter alia that the accused blew into the breathalyzer machine and that he did not recall who was the operator of the machine. [...] Joseph William McHarg, (unreported, a copy of [Page 186] which is attached) I allowed the said Certificate to be admitted as evidence.
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Sisters of St. Joseph v. Villeneuve - [1975] 1 SCR 285 - 1974-04-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsProfessional law
Dr. William A. Keech, Dr. Gordon T. Ross, Dr. Kenneth B. Brown, Dr. R.M. Jackson and Dr. D.T.M. Paine Defendants. [...] The infant plaintiff, born on August 21, 1963, was taken by his mother to his physician, the defendant Dr. William A. Keech, who had been the family doctor for many years.
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737.
Dziwenka et al. v. R. et al. - [1972] SCR 419 - 1971-10-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
This standard was adopted in the Court of Appeal in England in Williams v. Eady[2], and was recently held to be applicable by this Court in McKay v. Board of Govan School Unit No. 29 of Saskatchewan[3]. [...] But I cannot myself, therefore, conclude that any lack of care within the scope of the obligation which was laid down by Lord Esher in Williams v. Eady ...was established.
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738.
Huculak v. The Queen / Workman v. The Queen - [1963] SCR 266 - 1963-02-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William Huculak Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent. [...] In view of the above, I would allow the appeal of William Huculak, set aside his conviction and direct a new trial.
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739.
Pérodeau v. Hamill - [1925] SCR 289 - 1925-03-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Newcombe J.—When on 28th November, 1916, the late William J. Rafferty of Montreal was confined at the Hotel Dieu in his last illness, his wife, at his request, communicated by telephone with the firm of notaries known as Stuart, Cox, McKenna & Pérodeau, practising at Montreal, and requested Mr. McKenna of the firm to [...] dealing in good faith under the belief that he was a partner, and that the evidence, far from establishing belief, pointed rather to the conclusion that neither the deceased William J. Rafferty nor his wife entertained any belief as to Pérodeau's association in the business, or as to whether he were or were not a partner.
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740.
Webb v. Dipenta - [1925] SCR 565 - 1924-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
No repudiation by Webb resulting from the mere alienation to Reeves, in the absence of communication to respondents, could affect the latter's right to insist upon specific performance so far as possible (Williams, Vendor & Purchaser, 3rd ed., vol. 1, p. 14). [...] The following extract from Williams, Vendor and Purchaser (3rd ed., vol. 1, page 536), is in point:—
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741.
City of Toronto v. Lambert - (1916) 54 SCR 200 - 1916-12-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
The action was tried at Toronto by Sir William Mulock, C.J., with a jury. [...] Solicitor for the appellant: William Johnston. Solicitor for respondent Ada Lambert: Henry C. Forster.
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742.
Jones v. Tucker - (1916) 53 SCR 431 - 1916-06-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William W. Jones (Defendant) Appellant; and Henry C. Tucker (Plaintiff) Respondent [...] Anglin J.—By an agreement in writing, dated the 12th day of December, 1913, the defendant William W. Jones agreed to sell to the plaintiff the whole of section 17, in township 4 and range 3, west of the second meridian, in the Province of Saskatchewan, in consideration of the sum of $22,800, payable, as to $16,000 thereof,
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743.
Wadsworth v. Canadian Railway Accident Ins. Co. - (1914) 49 SCR 115 - 1914-02-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
See William Hamilton Mfg. Co. v. Victoria Lumber and Mfg. Co.[8] Hellmuth K.C. and McConnell for the respondents referred to Mendl v. Ropner & Co.[9], and contended that the finding of the trial concurred in by both appellate courts below must be accepted, and being accepted the judgment in appeal must stand. [...] As put by Watkin Williams J., in the Lawrence Case[41]:— It is essential * * * that it should be made out that the fit was a cause in the sense of being the proximate and immediate cause of the death before the company are exonerated.
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British Columbia Land and Investment Agency v. Ishitaka - (1911) 45 SCR 302 - 1911-12-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
We refer to Ex parte Danks[1] ; per Cranworth L.J.; Halsbury, vol. 7, pp. 419, 420, note (q) ; Hawkins v. Ramsbottom[2]; Major v. Ward[3] ; Williams v. Stern[4] ; Blumberg v. Life Interests and Reversionary Securities Corporation[5]. [...] The case of Williams v. Stern[15], so much relied upon, seems beside the point raised here entirely.
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The "Wandrian" v. Hatfield - (1907) 38 SCR 431 - 1907-04-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
This case was tried on the preliminary acts without pleadings; see Williams & Bruce's Admiralty Practice, (1886), p. 368. [...] We also rely upon The "Shannon"[9]; The "William Lindsay"[10]; The "Sisters"[11]; The "Industrie"[12]; The "Telegraph"[13]; The "Ogemaw"'[14]; The "Sapphire"[15]; The "S. Shaw"[16].
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746.
Shoolbred v. Clarke / In re Union Fire Ins. Co. - (1890) 17 SCR 265 - 1890-06-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
William Shoolbred (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Alexander Stuart Clarke (Defendant) Respondent. [...] “2. And this court doth further order that William Badenach, of the city of Toronto, accountant, the receiver heretofore appointed in the said case of Clarke v. Union Fire Insurance Company, be and he is appointed permanent liquidator to the estate and effects of the said company upon his furnishing security to the
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747.
Danaher v. Peters - (1889) 17 SCR 44 - 1889-06-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William F. Danaher Appellant And B. Lester Peters and John R. Marshall [...] See Becke v. Smith[4]; River Wear Commissioners v. Adamson[5]; Sussex Peerage Case[6]; Maxwell on Statutes[7]; Williams v. Swansea Canal Navigation Co.[8]; Howard v. Bodington[9].
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Wood v. Esson - (1884) 9 SCR 239 - 1884-03-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
William Esson et al Respondents 1883: Oct. 31; 1884: Mar. 8 Present.—Sir W.J. Ritchie, C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Gwynne, JJ. [...] [5] Williams vs. Wilcox, 8 A. & E., 314. [6] P. 23. [7] 6 Can. S. C. R. 707.
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R. v. Bykovets - 2024 SCC 6 - 2024-03-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
“William Gibson’s Future Is Now”, The New York Times, January 13, 2012 (online: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/books/review/distrust-that-particular-flavor-by-william-gibson-book-review.html). [...] When it comes to tracking users on the Internet, to paraphrase science fiction novelist William Gibson, “[t]he future is already here” (P. Kennedy, “William Gibson’s Future Is Now”, The New York Times, January 13, 2012 (online)).
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R. v. Bernard - [1988] 2 SCR 833 - 1988-12-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Evidence
Williams, Glanville Llewelyn. Textbook of Criminal Law, 2nd ed. London: Stevens & Sons, 1983. [...] The test is not whether a reasonable and sober person would have made the same mistake but whether the accused would have made the same mistake if he had been sober; see Glanville Williams, Textbook on Criminal Law, 2nd ed. [...] (Assuming this is at all possible in a rape case, see Glanville L. Williams, The Mental Element in Crime (1965), p. 47.)