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1,301.
Lavigne v. Canada (Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages) - 2002 SCC 53 - [2002] 2 SCR 773 - 2002-06-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsAccess to information
State
Wade, Sir William. Administrative Law, 8th ed. by Sir William Wade and Christopher Forsyth.
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1,302.
McKinley v. BC Tel - 2001 SCC 38 - [2001] 2 SCR 161 - 2001-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
Torts
National Defence (1983), 4 C.H.R.R. D/1479; British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v. BCGSEU, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 3; British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles) v. British Columbia (Council of Human Rights), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 868; Collinson v. William E. Coutts Co., [1995] B.C.J. No. 2766 (QL). [...] See Collinson v. William E. Coutts Co., [1995] B.C.J. No. 2766 (S.C.) (QL).
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1,303.
R. v. Davis - [1999] 3 SCR 759 - 1999-11-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Criminal law
Williams, Glanville L. “Blackmail”, [1954] Crim. L. Rev. 79. Winder, W. H. D. “The Development of Blackmail” (1941), 5 Modern L. Rev. 21. [...] It later came to denote a number of offences in which property or some other advantage was demanded with threats: see G. L. Williams, “Blackmail”, [1954] Crim.
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Garland v. Consumers' Gas Co. - [1998] 3 SCR 112 - 1998-10-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
Criminal law
(1984), 16 D.L.R. (4th) 139, aff’d [1986] 1 S.C.R. 749; referred to: William E. Thomson Associates Inc. v. Carpenter (1989), 69 O.R. (2d) 545; Tomell Investments Ltd. v. East Marstock Lands Ltd., [1978] 1 S.C.R. 974; Immeubles Fournier Inc. v. Construction St‑Hilaire Ltée, [1975] 2 S.C.R. 2; Attorney‑General for Ontario v. [...] See William E. Thomson Associates Inc. v. Carpenter (1989), 69 O.R. (2d) 545 (C.A.), at pp. 548-49.
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Manulife Bank of Canada v. Conlin - [1996] 3 SCR 415 - 1996-10-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Priorities and hypothecs
River Wear Commissioners v. Adamson (1877), 2 App. Cas. 743; Sydall v. Castings Ltd., [1967] 1 Q.B. 302; Inland Revenue Commissioners v. Williams, [1969] 1 W.L.R. 1197. [...] 45 Where an instrument uses a legal term of art, there is a presumption that the term of art is used in its correct legal sense: Inland Revenue Commissioners v. Williams, [1969] 1 W.L.R. 1197 (Ch.; Megarry J.).
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R. v. Scott - [1990] 3 SCR 979 - 1990-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Evidence
Williams, Paul W. "The Defense of Entrapment and Related Problems in Criminal Prosecution" (1959), 28 Fordham L. Rev. 399. [...] It has been estimated that in the United States some ninety-five per cent of all federal narcotics cases involve the work of informers: see Williams, "The Defense of Entrapment and Related Problems in Criminal Prosecution" (1959), 28 Fordham L. Rev. 399, at p. 403, and also M. S. Bewers, "Comments -- Defendant's Right to a
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R. v. Turpin - [1989] 1 SCR 1296 - 1989-05-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Blackstone, Sir William. Commentaries on the Laws of England, vol. 3, 8th ed., 1778. [...] Sir William Blackstone, for example, called the jury "the glory of the English law" and "the most transcendent privilege which any subject can enjoy": Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (8th ed. 1778), vol. 3, at p. 379.
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1,308.
R. v. Jones - [1986] 2 SCR 284 - 1986-10-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William Henkel, Q.C., for the respondent. Lorraine E. Weinrib, for the intervener the Attorney General for Ontario. [...] Solicitor for the respondent: William Henkel, Edmonton. Solicitor for the intervener the Attorney General for Ontario: Archie Campbell, Toronto.
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1,309.
Noddin v. Laskey - [1956] SCR 577 - 1956-05-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
William W. Laskey (Plaintiff) Respondent. 1956: March 2, 5; 1956: May 24. [...] The rule governing acts of omission of this sort was laid down by Lord Dunedin in Morton v. William Dixon, Ltd. 2 thus:
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Sauvageau v. The King - [1950] SCR 664 - 1950-10-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
William Morin, K.C., for the respondent. The Chief Justice (dissenting): Sa Majesté le Roi, par le moyen d'une Information, produite à la Cour de l'Échiquier 2, par le Procureur général du Canada, a réclamé des appelants la somme de $18,168.32 avec les intérêts légaux sur cette somme, à compter du 14 octobre 1941, et les [...] Solicitor for His Majesty the King: William Morin. 1 [1948] Ex. C.R. 534.
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1,311.
Price v. B.C. Motor Transportation Ltd. and Ledbury - [1932] SCR 310 - 1932-02-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
B.C. Motor Transportation Limited and William Ledbury (Defendants) Respondents. [...] The injuries received by Price resulted from a collision between a 29 passenger bus belonging to the respondents the B.C. Transportation Limited, driven by the respondent William Ledbury, and a Star touring car driven by Price.
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1,312.
Stephens v. Gordon - (1893) 22 SCR 61 - 1893-05-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
William H. Stephens (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Aaron Gordon and John Gordon (Defendants) Respondents. [...] “In the case of a way by grant the language of the instrument can be referred to, and it is of course for the Court to construe that language and in the absence of any clear intention of the parties, the maxim that a grant must be construed most strongly against the grantor, must be applied.” Williams v. James[4].
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Nicholls v. Cumming - (1877) 1 SCR 395 - 1877-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
William Cumming (Defendant) Respondent. 1877: January. Present: The Chief Justice, and Ritchie, Strong, Taschereau, Fournier and Henry, JJ. [...] Generally: Williams v. Dobert[43]; Cooley on Taxaion[44]. As to what constitutes an assessment: Blackwell on Tax Titles[45]; Cooley on Taxation[46].
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1,314.
Newfoundland and Labrador (Attorney General) v. Uashaunnuat (Innu of Uashat and of Mani‑Utenam) - 2020 SCC 4 - [2020] 1 SCR 15 - 2020-02-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsMarcelle St‐Onge, Évelyne St‐Onge, William Fontaine, Adélard Joseph, [...] Dross, William. Droit des biens, 4e éd. Issy‐les‐Moulineaux, France: LGDJ, 2019. [...] [252] All litigation respecting Aboriginal title affects the Crown: William v. British Columbia, 2002 BCSC 1904, at para. 30 (CanLII).
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1,315.
Desbiens v. Wal-Mart Canada Corp. - 2009 SCC 55 - [2009] 3 SCR 540 - 2009-11-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
In Plourde the CRT heard additional evidence that William Allbright, Director of real estate for Wal-Mart Canada, went to Jonquière shortly before the store closing to evaluate the real estate market and to find suitable alternate tenants for the building.
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1,316.
Bese v. British Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Institute) - [1999] 2 SCR 722 - 1999-06-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Williams J.A., dissenting, found that the legislation imposed a burden of proof on the applicant contrary to s. 7 of the Charter and could not be justified under s. 1 .
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1,317.
Madill v. Sommer Building Corpn. - [1978] 1 SCR 999 - 1977-06-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsLease
The Glengoil Steamship Co. v. William Pilkington (1897), 28 S.C.R. 146; R. v. Canada Steamship Lines Ltd., [1950] S.C.R. 532, rev’d. [1952] A.C. 192; Quebec Railway Light, Heat and Power Company v. Vandry,
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Porteous v. Dorn et al. - [1975] 2 SCR 37 - 1974-04-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
Enterprise of Thursday, December 22, 1949, in which Mr. and Mrs. F. Rosenmeyer announced the engagement of their daughter, Frances, to Mr. William Lee Porteous; (iii) a Saskatchewan Hospital Services Plan slip recording the stay of “Mrs. M. Rosenmeyer” in Yorkton General Hospital from November 16 to December 4, 1950.
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Ruptash et al. v. Goyan - [1971] SCR 553 - 1970-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
Property law
The offer to purchase made between the parties was signed by William C. Lumsden only as vendor.
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General Truck Drivers Union, Local 938, et al. v. Hoar Transport Co. Ltd. - [1969] SCR 634 - 1969-04-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
General Truck Drivers Union, Local 938, Paul C. Weiler, Stanley T. Bullock and F. William Murray (Plaintiffs) Appellants;
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Canada Trust Company v. Lloyd et al. - [1968] SCR 300 - 1968-02-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
citing Cherry v. Boultbee[6] and Courtnay v. Williams[7]. The contribution which the representatives of the three directors who improperly withdrew the moneys must be the amounts taken by each of them with interest thereon at 5 per cent per annum, not compounded, from December 6, 1921.
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Brown & Root Ltd. v. Chimo Shipping Ltd. - [1967] SCR 642 - 1967-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
Transportation
Mr. William Nye, the appellant’s agent in Newfoundland, had not been notified by Mr. Gordon Lindsay that there was any necessity to reduce the weight of the crane before loading and he says that when he asked the ship’s master, Captain Anderson, about the capacity of the ship’s derrick he told him that there would be no
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Carleton (County of) v. Ottawa (City) - [1965] SCR 663 - 1965-05-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
That class of case was discussed by Vaughan Williams L.J. in Bonner v. Tottenham and Edmonton Permanent Investment Building Society, [1899] 1 Q.B. 161, where Moule v. Garrett, L.R. 7 Ex. 101, was distinguished.
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Springman v. The Queen - [1964] SCR 267 - 1964-03-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
and Vaughan Williams J. said at pp. 112-3: The magistrate was of opinion that primâ facie a carriage on wheels was not a wooden structure or erection within the meaning of the section.
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Hepting et al. v. Schaaf et al. - [1964] SCR 100 - 1963-12-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
Evidence of William Johner who acted upon the purchase by the defendant Anthony Schaaf on the premises at 1306 Horace Street, Regina, and who agreed with counsel for the defence in cross-examination: