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Herman et al. v. Deputy Attorney General (Canada) - [1979] 1 SCR 729 - 1978-10-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
606; St. Hilaire v. Lambert (1909), 42 S.C.R. 264; Godson v. The Corporation of the City of Toronto (1890), 18 S.C.R. 36; Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Hernandez, [1975] 1 S.C.R. 228; Re Sproule (1886), 12 S.C.R. 140; R. v. Northumberland Ferries Ltd., [1945] S.C.R. 458; Scott v. Vardy, [1977] 1 S.C.R. 293 referred to.] [...] The two cases are Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Humberto Pagan Hernandez[5] and Scott v. Vardy[6]. [...] Scott v. Vardy, supra, was also a decision under the Extradition Act. There one of the questions was whether the magistrate, a provincial appointee, who took depositions under the Act was, like the Judge in the Hernandez case, amenable to the reviewing authority of the Federal Court of Appeal as a persona designata.
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R. v. Olan et al. - [1978] 2 SCR 1175 - 1978-05-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Cox and Paton v. The Queen, [1963] S.C.R. 500; R. v. Lemire, [1965] S.C.R. 174; R. v. Renard (1974), 17 C.C.C. (2d) 355; Scott v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner, [1975] A.C. 819; R. v. Sinclair, [1968] 1 W.L.R. 1246; R. v. Allsop (1976), 64 Cr. App. R. 29; R. v. Smith, [1963] 1 C.C.C. 68; Welham v. D.P.P., [1960] 1 All [...] In Scott v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner[3], the House of Lords held that in the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud, deceit is not a necessary ingredient, although in a great many cases the fraud may have been perpetrated by deceit. [...] We see nothing in Lord Diplock’s speech [in Scott] to suggest a different view.
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Attorney General of Canada v. The Reader's Digest Association (Canada) Ltd., Sélection du Reader's Digest (Canada) Ltée - [1961] SCR 775 - 1961-10-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
APPEAL from a judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench, Appeal Side, Province of Quebec1, reversing interlocutory decisions of Scott C.J. Appeal allowed. [...] The Chief Justice:—By leave of this Court the Attorney General of Canada appeals from a judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench (Appeal Side) for the Province of Quebec2, maintaining an appeal from twenty-four interlocutory judgments rendered during the trial of this action by the Honourable W. B. Scott, at that time [...] Cartwright J.:―This is an appeal, brought pursuant to leave granted by this Court, from a judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench7 allowing an appeal from a number of interlocutory decisions of Scott C.J. and returning the record to the Superior Court.
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British Columbia Electric Railway Co. v. Farrer - [1955] SCR 757 - 1955-10-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
In Sparks v. Edward Ash, Ltd. [8], Scott L.J. stated: So, on the pedestrian crossing, I think the duty of the pedestrian is intended to be less onerous than if he were crossing the road anywhere outside the crossing. [...] In Chisholm v. London Passenger Transport Board [10], Scott L.J. stated: [...] However that may be, Lord Justice Scott in Chisholm v. London Passenger Transport Board, supra, stated, in respect of a pedestrian embarking upon the pedestrian crossing in accord with the lights, that "His duty at that stage is left to the common law."
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Smith v. Smith - [1952] 2 SCR 312 - 1952-05-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
The evidence must, no doubt, be clear and satisfactory, beyond a mere balance of probabilities, and conclusive in the sense that it will satisfy what Sir William Scott described in Love den v. Loveden[46] as "the guarded discretion of a reasonable and just man," but these desiderata appear to me entirely consistent with the [...] In Williams v. Williams [50], Sir William Scott, after-wards Lord Stowell, said (pp. 299, 300) :-‑ [...] In Loveden v. Loveden [51], referred to in the judgment of Tucker L.J. on the appeal in Ginesi's case and by Lord MacDermott in the case of Preston-Jones, Sir William Scott employed the language so constantly referred to on the subject (pp. 2, 3) :‑
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Guardian Insurance Co. of Canada v. Sharp - [1941] SCR 164 - 1940-12-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
M. Gordon Scott nous affirme que l'examen détaillé des bordereaux de dépôt n'est d'aucune utilité. [...] Further, the Hon. Gordon W. Scott, who is acknowledged to have been one of the outstanding chartered accountants in this country and who was himself a director of the company, testified that had the audit of the company been under his supervision he would not have thought it an essential part of his duty to check the [...] Mr. Scott said there was something like three or four hundred thousand dollars coming in within a year
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City of Port Coquitlam v. Wilson - [1923] SCR 235 - 1922-12-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the event arose from want of care on the part of the defendant (see Scott v. London and St. Katherine Docks Co.[17]. [...] Erle C.J., in Scott v. London & St. Katherine Dock Co.[29], and are generally considered as expressing the rule res ipsa loquitur. [...] Inasmuch as by law the person in whose premises a fire begins is liable for the damage it causes to neighbouring property unless he shews that it began accidentally, no prejudice could be caused by stating to the jury the rule in the terms of Scott v. London & St. Katherine Dock Co.[30], which is very largely to the
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National Benefit Life and Property Assurance Co. v. McCoy - (1918) 57 SCR 29 - 1918-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
W. L. Scott for the appellant. A. E. Honeywell, for the respondent. [...] The case of Western Assurance Company v. Doull[1], was strongly relied upon by Mr. Scott for the company as a binding authority in this case. [...] Mr. Scott strenuously contended that under the condition where subsequent insurance was effected
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Industrial Fuel and Refrigeration Co. Ltd. v. Pennboro Coal Company - [1957] SCR 160 - 1957-01-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
The Superior Court, Chief Justice Scott presiding, maintained the action and this judgment was affirmed by the Court of Queen's Bench 2, Mr. Justice Rinfret dissenting. [...] On this point, Chief Justice Scott said: The manner in which McMaster gave his evidence and his demeanour in the witness box created a bad impression as to his recollection of what he did say.
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Svensson v. Bateman - (1909) 42 SCR 146 - 1909-05-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
W. L. Scott supported the motion. Trueman contra. [Page 147] The Chief Justice.—This appeal is quashed with costs fixed at $50. [...] Taylor's Case[10], per Lord Eldon; Re Courtney[11]; Dougall v. Yager[12]; Hobbs v. Scott[13], per Draper C.J.; Lemon v. Lemon[14], per Strong V.C.; Graham v. Delvin[15], per Boyd C; Ross v. Van Etten[16], at page 600, per Taylor C.J. The rule 755 is thus but the necessary complement of rule 748; and a proceeding under it is
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Desbiens v. Wal-Mart Canada Corp. - 2009 SCC 55 - [2009] 3 SCR 540 - 2009-11-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
Applied: Plourde v. Wal‑Mart Canada Corp., 2009 SCC 54, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 465; referred to: City Buick Pontiac (Montréal) Inc. v. Roy, [1981] T.T. 22; Caya v. 1641‑9749 Québec Inc., D.T.E. 85T‑242, SOQUIJ AZ‑85147051; Bérubé v. Groupe Samson Inc., D.T.E. 85T‑932, SOQUIJ AZ‑85147126; Ouellette v. Restaurants Scott Québec Ltée, [...] the Code is established: Caya v. 1641-9749 Québec Inc., D.T.E. 85T-242, SOQUIJ AZ-85147051 (Lab. Ct.); Bérubé v. Groupe Samson Inc., D.T.E. 85T-932, SOQUIJ AZ-85147126 (Lab. Ct.); Ouellette v. Restaurants Scott Québec Ltée, D.T.E. 88T-546, SOQUIJ AZ-88147062 (Lab. Ct.); Entreprises Bérou inc. v. Arsenault, [1991] T.T. 312.
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Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company v. Canadian Car and Foundry Co. - (1920) 61 SCR 78 - 1920-06-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
Scott & Co.[2], whom the Court of Appeal refused to hold liable for damages. [...] In the absence of a Canadian statutory provision corresponding to s. 33 of the "Patents and Designs Act," 1907, (Imp.) 7 Ed. VII., c. 29, the fact that the defendant was an innocent infringer does not entitle it to relief from liability for the damages sustained by the plaintiffs—(Nobels Explosive Co. v. Jones, Scott &.
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Reference re Supreme Court Act, ss. 5 and 6 - 2014 SCC 21 - [2014] 1 SCR 433 - 2014-03-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Courts
Scott, Stephen A. “Pussycat, Pussycat or Patriation and the New Constitutional Amendment Processes” (1982), 20 U.W.O. L. Rev. 247. [...] Scott, Stephen A. “The Canadian Constitutional Amendment Process” (1982), 45 Law & Contemp. [...] It would mean that the framers would have entrenched the Court’s exclusion from constitutional protection: Stephen A. Scott, “Pussycat, Pussycat or Patriation and the New Constitutional Amendment Processes” (1982), 20 U.W.O. L. Rev. 247, at p. 272; Stephen A. Scott, “The Canadian Constitutional Amendment Process” (1982), 45
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R. v. Jones - [1994] 2 SCR 229 - 1994-05-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Scott Jones Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Jones [...] The release of Scott Jones while he continues to pose a clear threat to their security is not a risk that they should be forced to bear. [...] As I have indicated, the doctors at the Forensic Psychiatric Institute conducted tests in order to determine whether Scott Jones was mentally ill.
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Corporation Agencies Ltd. v. Home Bank of Canada - [1925] SCR 706 - 1925-11-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsFinancial institutions
Mr. Scott, the manager of the respondent bank, tells us, however, why it was that he took the cheques. [...] Mr. Scott gave the following testimony: Q. P.C.-85 is a cheque dated November 1, 1919, for $4,000; that cheque was brought to your personal notice and initialed by you? [...] Q. Did it not sound a note of warning to you, Mr. Scott, when Mr. C. H. Cahan, Jr., was depositing cheques of a company of which he was director to his own personal credit?
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Isabelle v. Ontario Public Service Employees Union - [1981] 1 SCR 449 - 1981-05-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
Ian Scott, Q.C., for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered by [...] Solicitors for the respondent: Cameron, Brewin and Scott, Toronto.
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Bickley v. Bickley and Blatchley - [1957] SCR 329 - 1957-03-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
In The Matter of Lynn Scott Bickley and Ann Felton Bickley, Infants; [...] The appellant and the respondent Betty Carson Blatchley, to whom reference will sometimes hereinafter be made as "the father" and "the mother", are the parents of the two girls whose custody is in question, Lynn Scott Bickley born on October 12, 1945, and Ann Felton Bickley born on October 20, 1947.
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R. v. Harrer - [1995] 3 SCR 562 - 1995-10-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
and Robert Scott Terry Interveners Indexed as: R. v. Harrer File No.: 24141. [...] Charles I. M. Lugosi, for the intervener Robert Scott Terry. The judgment of Lamer C.J. and La Forest, L'Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory and Iacobucci JJ. was delivered by [...] Solicitor for the intervener Robert Scott Terry: Charles Lugosi, Prince George.
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Slattery (Trustee of) v. Slattery - [1993] 3 SCR 430 - 1993-09-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
Brown, D. Scott. "Bankruptcy and Income Tax: A Revenue Canada Perspective" in 1990 Conference Report: Report of Proceedings of the Forty‑Second Tax Conference. [...] (See D. Scott Brown, "Bankruptcy and Income Tax: A Revenue Canada Perspective" in 1990 Conference Report: Report of Proceedings of the Forty-Second Tax Conference, at p. 18:11). [...] D. Scott Brown, in the article cited above, comments on the scope of s. 160 as follows (at p. 18:13):
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Canadian Northern Railway Co. v. Horner - (1921) 61 SCR 547 - 1921-02-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Scott v. The London and St. Katherine Docks Co.[2]; Flannery v. Waterford and Limerick Rly. Co.[3]. [...] In Scott v. London and St. Katherine Docks Co.[9], Erle C.J. said at p. 601:— [...] Palles C.B. followed Scott v. London & St Katherine Docks Co.[12], and, at p. 39 said:—
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Collins Bay Rafting & Forwarding Co. v. Kaine - (1898) 29 SCR 247 - 1898-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsLease
On the ship coming into port she was surveyed by Scott and Steele and, whatever Scott might say in 1812, it is clear that he and Steele, applying particular assertions to particular facts, upon this survey, stated that part of the timbers were decayed and that the iron work, in general, was very much decayed and wrought [...] [27] 5 scott 25; 3 Bing. N.C. 892. [28] 2 H. &N. 277. [29] 4 Dow 269.
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R. v. Puskas - [1998] 1 SCR 1207 - 1998-06-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Irvine (1893), 22 S.C.R. 108; Cowen v. Evans (1893), 22 S.C.R. 331; Mitchell v. Trenholme (1893), 22 S.C.R. 333; Doran v. Jewell (1914), 49 S.C.R. 88; Hyde v. Lindsay (1898), 29 S.C.R. 99; Hurtubise v. Desmarteau (1891), 19 S.C.R. 562; Scott v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (1992), 95 D.L.R. (4th) 706. [...] Similarly, something can only be said to be “accruing” if its eventual accrual is certain, and not conditional on future events (Scott v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (1992), 95 D.L.R. (4th) 706 (Sask.
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Bilodeau v. A.G. (Man.) - [1986] 1 SCR 449 - 1986-05-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Stephen A. Scott and Warren J. Newman, for the intervener Alliance Quebec. [...] Solicitor for the intervener Alliance Quebec: Stephen A. Scott, Montréal.
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Bradford v. Kanellos - [1974] SCR 409 - 1973-06-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Un exemple consacré depuis longtemps est la fameuse Affaire du pétard: Scott v. Shepherd (1773) W.Bl.892; un farceur lance un pétard allumé dans un marché; le pétard est projeté d’un kiosque à l’autre dans le but de préserver les marchandises jusqu’à ce qu’il explose finalement dans le visage du demandeur. [...] Procureurs des demandeurs, appelants: Scott & Aylen, Ottawa. Procureur du défendeur, intimé, Gus Kanellos: Claude R. Thomson, Toronto.
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Walker v. Coates et al. - [1968] SCR 599 - 1968-04-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
McCulloch v. Murray, [1942] S.C.R. 141, applied; Ottawa Electric Co. v. Crepin, [1931] S.C.R. 407; Parent v. Lapointe, [1952] 1 S.C.R. 376; Scott v. London and St. Katherine Docks Co. (1865), 3 H. & C. 596; Ball v. Kraft (1967), 60 D.L.R. (2d) 35; Kerr v. Cummings, [1952] 2 D.L.R. 846, affirmed, [1953] 1 S.C.R. 147; [...] The application of the rule which is usually referred to as res ipsa loquitur to cases of negligence has been accepted in this Court in the cases of Ottawa Electric Co. v. Crepin[2], at p. 411 and Parent v. Lapointe[3], at p. 381, in the terms in which it was stated by the Exchequer Chamber in Scott v. London and St.